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Tool and object : a history and philosophy of category theory

By Ralf , Krömer

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser
Year
2007
ISBN
3-7643-7523-X, 978-3-7643-7523-2, 978-3-7643-7524-9, 3-7643-7524-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2631081 bytes)
Series
Science networks historical studies 32
Edition
2007
Pages
367\404
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2016-05-22 07:20:00

Description

Category theory is a general mathematical theory of structures and of structures of structures. It occupied a central position in contemporary mathematics as well as computer science. This book describes the history of category theory whereby illuminating its symbiotic relationship to algebraic topology, homological algebra, algebraic geometry and mathematical logic and elaboratively develops the connections with the epistemological significance.

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