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Conceptual mathematics: a first introduction to categories

By F. William Lawvere , Stephen Hoel Schanuel

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0521472490, 9780521472494
LCC
QA169 .L355 1997
Open Library ID
OL808006M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2703659 bytes)
Pages
374\374
Library
kolxoz
DPI
600
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The idea of a "category"--a sort of mathematical universe--has brought about a remarkable unification and simplification of mathematics. Written by two of the best-known names in categorical logic, Conceptual Mathematics is the first book to apply categories to the most elementary mathematics. It thus serves two purposes: first, to provide a key to mathematics for the general reader or beginning student; and second, to furnish an easy introduction to categories for computer scientists, logicians, physicists, and linguists who want to gain some familiarity with the categorical method without initially committing themselves to extended study.

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