This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers with an interest in category theory, algebraic K-theory, homotopy theory, and related fields. The presentation is thorough and self-contained, with complete details and background material for non-expert readers.
Explores the theory of operads and coloured operads, sometimes called symmetric multicategories. A (coloured) operad is an abstract object which encodes operations with multiple inputs... Læs mere
The purpose of this monograph is to develop, in full technical detail, a unifying object called a generalized PROP. Then with an appropriate choice of pasting... Læs mere