The earliest semigroup paper?
Three themes in the work of Charles Ehresmann: local-to-global; groupoids; higher dimensions
This paper illustrates the themes of the title in terms of: van Kampen type theorems for the fundamental groupoid; holonomy and monodromy groupoids; and higher homotopy groupoids. Interaction with work of the writer is explored.
Topological Semigroups. History, Theory, Applications.