Finite posets and topological spaces in locally finite varieties

Algebra Universalis

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 119-136

  Larose, Benoit ^a,b   Zádori, László ^c  

^a Champlain Regional College   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Homotopy; Locally finite varieties; Poset; Taylor terms

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944271956     PISSN: 00025240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00012-004-1819-7     Document Type: Article

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