TQFT’S FROM HOMOTOPY 2-TYPES
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Publication:5286043
DOI10.1142/S0218216593000076zbMath0787.57002MaRDI QIDQ5286043
Publication date: 29 June 1993
Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)
triangulation; groupoid; crossed module; topological quantum field theory; homotopy 2-type; group object in the category of groups
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