Mathematics – Category Theory
Scientific paper
1999-02-26
Mathematical Structure in Computer Science 10 (2000), no. 4, p.481-524
Mathematics
Category Theory
54 pages, 1 eps figure, LaTeX2e ; v2 construction of negative and positive Hurewicz morphisms added, corrected reference ; v3
Scientific paper
The strict globular $\omega$-categories formalize the execution paths of a parallel automaton and the homotopies between them. One associates to such (and any) $\omega$-category $\C$ three homology theories. The first one is called the globular homology. It contains the oriented loops of $\C$. The two other ones are called the negative (resp. positive) corner homology. They contain in a certain manner the branching areas of execution paths or negative corners (resp. the merging areas of execution paths or positive corners) of $\C$. Two natural linear maps called the negative (resp. the positive) Hurewicz morphism from the globular homology to the negative (resp. positive) corner homology are constructed. We explain the reason why these constructions allow to reinterprete some geometric problems coming from computer science.
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