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Categories and Their Nerves

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Topology and K-Theory

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics ((HISTORYMS,volume 2262))

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The first cohomology group of a group is explained. Categories are introduced, examples are given, and their nerves are defined.

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Penner, R. (2020). Categories and Their Nerves. In: Topology and K-Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 2262. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43996-5_2

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