数学工作者必知的范畴学 第2版

Thissecondeditionof"CategoriesWork"addstwonewchaptersontopicsofactiveinterest.Oneisonsymmetricmonoidalcategoriesandbraidedmonoidalcategoriesandthecoherencetheoremsforthem——itemsofinterestintheirownrightandalsoinviewoftheiruseinstringtheoryinquantumfieldtheory.Thesecondnewchapterdescribes2-categoriesandthehigher-dimensionalcategoriesthathaverecentlycomeintoprominence.Inaddition,thebibliographyhasbeenexpandedtocoversomeofthemanyotherrecentadvancesconcerningcategories.