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2005 What does the classifying space of a category classify?
Michael Weiss
Homology Homotopy Appl. 7(1): 185-195 (2005).

Abstract

The classifying space of a small category classifies sheaves whose values are contravariant functors from that category to sets and whose stalks are representable.

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Michael Weiss. "What does the classifying space of a category classify?." Homology Homotopy Appl. 7 (1) 185 - 195, 2005.

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Published: 2005
First available in Project Euclid: 13 February 2006

zbMATH: 1093.57012
MathSciNet: MR2175298

Subjects:
Primary: 18F20
Secondary: 18G55

Rights: Copyright © 2005 International Press of Boston

Vol.7 • No. 1 • 2005
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