The classifying space of a topological 2-group

Algebraic Topology: The Abel Symposium 2007 - Proceedings of the 4th Abel Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-31

  Baez, John C ^a   Stevenson, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2-CATEGORIES; 2-GROUP; BIJECTIONS; COHOMOLOGY; ELEMENTARY PROOF; G-BUNDLES; HOMOTOPY CLASS; TOPOLOGICAL GROUPS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 79952799789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01200-6_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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