Cohomology and deformation theory of monoidal 2-categories I

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-277

  Elgueta, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Formal deformation; Monoidal 2 categories; Pseudofunctors

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242277375     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8708(03)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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