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

Will Jagy — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:44:47 -0800

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)

DavidRoberts — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:35:12 -0800

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)

Spice the Bird — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:09:22 -0800

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.