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The fundamental groupoid and the homotopy crossed complex of an orbit space

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  • Fundamental Group
  • Simplicial Complex
  • Orbit Space
  • Vertex Group
  • Canonical Morphism

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Higgins, P.J., Taylor, J. (1982). The fundamental groupoid and the homotopy crossed complex of an orbit space. In: Kamps, K.H., Pumplün, D., Tholen, W. (eds) Category Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 962. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0066890

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