Introduction to bicategories

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DOI10.1007/BFb0074299zbMath1375.18001OpenAlexW158035142MaRDI QIDQ4596052

Jean Bénabou

Publication date: 8 December 2017

Published in: Reports of the Midwest Category Seminar (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0074299



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