Operads in Algebra, Topology and Physics

ISBN-13: 9780821843628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 349 str.

Martin Markl; Steven Shnider

Opis

Operads are mathematical devices that describe algebraic structures of many varieties and in various categories. Operads are particularly important in categories with a good notion of 'homotopy', where they play a key role in organizing hierarchies of higher homotopies. This book offers an introduction describing the development of operad theory.