On the geometry of 2-categories and their classifying spaces

K-Theory

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-229

  Bullejos, M ^a   Cegarra, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2 category; Classifying space; Homotopy equivalence; Monoidal category; Nerve; Simplicial space

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543045593     PISSN: 09203036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:KTHE.0000006921.50151.00     Document Type: Article

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