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Basic Category Theory, 9781107044241
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Assuming little mathematical background, this short introduction to category theory is ideal for beginning graduate students or advanced undergraduates learning category theory for the first time. Suitable for independent study or as a course book, it gives extensive explanations of the key concepts…

Basic Category Theory

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    190 pages

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    24 July 2014

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At the heart of this short introduction to category theory is the idea of a universal property, important throughout mathematics. After an introductory chapter giving the basic definitions, separate chapters explain three ways of expressing universal properties: via adjoint functors, representable functors, and limits. A final chapter ties all three together. The book is suitable for use in courses or for independent study. Assuming relatively little mathematical background, it is ideal for b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781107044241
ISBN-10:1107044243
Series:Cambridge Studies In Advanced Mathematics
Author:Tom Leinster
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:190
Release Date:24 July 2014
Weight:434g
Dimensions:152mm x 236mm
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Tom Leinster

Tom Leinster has held postdoctoral positions at Cambridge and the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (France), and held an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship at the University of Glasgow. He is currently a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the author of Higher Operads, Higher Categories (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and one of the hosts of the research blog, The n-Category Cafe.

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