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Mathlib.AlgebraicTopology.Nerve

The nerve of a category #

This file provides the definition of the nerve of a category C, which is a simplicial set nerve C (see [goerss-jardine-2009], Example I.1.4). By definition, the type of n-simplices of nerve C is ComposableArrows C n, which is the category Fin (n + 1) ⥤ C.

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The nerve of a category

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    The nerve of a category, as a functor Cat ⥤ SSet

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