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Will Jagy comments on "Intuition about connections for cubicle sets?" (17215)

2011-11-24T21:44:47-08:00

As per your discussion title, Squaricles are introduced on page 12 of "Trust Me On This" by Donald E. Westlake.

DavidRoberts comments on "Intuition about connections for cubicle sets?" (17214)

2011-11-24T21:35:12-08:00

This question seems quite reasonable, but I can provide a quick answer - see Ronnie Brown's expository writings on higher dimensional algebra. He usually gives ample geometric motivation there.

Spice the Bird comments on "Intuition about connections for cubicle sets?" (17213)

2011-11-24T21:09:22-08:00

I have a "question" (that I have not posted) about cubicle sets but I am not sure if it is quite appropriate. My issue is "What is a connection of a cubical set". I know that they supposed to be extra degeneracies that are needed to make certain things work. But I am not sure what the intuition behind them is. Why these extra relations, and how should I think about them. I have begun some work involving cubical sets, and I think it would be important to understand what these connections are. Any help is appreciated.