Higher-dimensional algebra V: 2-Groups

Theory and Applications of Categories

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 423-491

  Baez, John C ^a   Lauda, Aaron D ^a  

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Author keywords

2 group; Categorical group; Chern Simons theory; Group cohomology

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EID: 18544362027     PISSN: 1201561X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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