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I am looking for a copy of Yves Diers's 1977 thesis Catégories localisables, which is the original reference for "multi-" category theory, such as multi-adjoints, multi-colimits, and so on. Given that it is relatively widely cited (at least among those papers making use of such concepts), I was hoping a scan or digital copy exists somewhere. Does there exist a publicly available version?

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There is also a paper version of it at the MIR7 in Paris I have currently ; maybe it is possible to ask for a numerization; this document would indeed deserve to be more accessible. Otherwise do not hesitate to contact me if I can help.

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  • $\begingroup$ I have sent a message to enquire whether digitisation might be possible. Thanks for the suggestion. $\endgroup$
    – varkor
    Commented Mar 9, 2021 at 21:51
  • $\begingroup$ MIR have now scanned the thesis and plan to make it available on numdam, so hopefully it will be available publicly soon! $\endgroup$
    – varkor
    Commented Jun 15, 2021 at 12:20
  • $\begingroup$ @varkor any news on this issue? $\endgroup$
    – Urs Schreiber
    Commented May 13, 2023 at 8:02
  • $\begingroup$ @UrsSchreiber: no update from the library in Paris, but since they were intending to make the thesis publicly available, I feel there is no harm in uploading it to the nLab for the time being. $\endgroup$
    – varkor
    Commented May 14, 2023 at 19:28
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    $\begingroup$ @DavidWhite: I just added it; thanks for the reminder :) $\endgroup$
    – varkor
    Commented Feb 22 at 20:25
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At Axel Osmond's suggestion, I contacted Bibliothèques MIR and they kindly scanned a copy of the thesis. They intend to make it available on Numdam. Until then, there is a PDF here:

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  • $\begingroup$ Great! Thanks for the update. $\endgroup$
    – David White
    Commented Feb 23 at 0:38
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Did you look at numdam? There is no thesis but other texts could be of interest.

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  • $\begingroup$ There are several other of Diers's papers publicly available, which is good, but I would really like to know what is covered in the thesis; I imagine there is content in there that does not appear elsewhere. $\endgroup$
    – varkor
    Commented Mar 9, 2021 at 21:40

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