Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 226 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511863226
Content:
Category theory provides a general conceptual framework that has proved fruitful in subjects as diverse as geometry, topology, theoretical computer science and foundational mathematics. Here is a friendly, easy-to-read textbook that explains the fundamentals at a level suitable for newcomers to the subject. Beginning postgraduate mathematicians will find this book an excellent introduction to all of the basics of category theory. It gives the basic definitions; goes through the various associated gadgetry, such as functors, natural transformations, limits and colimits; and then explains adjunctions. The material is slowly developed using many examples and illustrations to illuminate the concepts explained. Over 200 exercises, with solutions available online, help the reader to access the subject and make the book ideal for self-study. It can also be used as a recommended text for a taught introductory course
Content:
Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Categories; 2. Basic gadgetry; 3. Functors and natural transformations; 4. Limits and colimits in general; 5. Adjunctions; 6. Posets and monoid sets; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107010871
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521283045
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781107010871
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511863226
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