On the Definition of 2-Category of 2-Knots
Les rencontres physiciens-mathématiciens de Strasbourg -RCP25, Conférences de P. Cartier, P. Di Francesco, J. Fröhlich, P. Hello, Ch. Kassel, V. Kharlamov, B. Khesin, J. Magnen, M. Rabaud, M. Schottenloher, Tome 45 (1993), Exposé no. 7, 16 p. 
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Kharlamov, V. M.; Turaev, V. G. On the Definition of $2$-Category of $2$-Knots. Les rencontres physiciens-mathématiciens de Strasbourg -RCP25, Conférences de P. Cartier, P. Di Francesco, J. Fröhlich, P. Hello, Ch. Kassel, V. Kharlamov, B. Khesin, J. Magnen, M. Rabaud, M. Schottenloher, Tome 45 (1993), Exposé no. 7, 16 p. http://archive.numdam.org/item/RCP25_1993__45__151_0/

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