Category Theory (Oxford Logic Guides) Hardcover - 2006
by Awodey, Steve
From the publisher
This text and reference book on Category Theory, a branch of abstract algebra, is aimed not only at students of Mathematics, but also researchers and students of Computer Science, Logic, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and any of the other fields that now make use of it.
Containing clear definitions of the essential concepts, illuminated with numerous accessible examples, and providing full proofs of all important propositions and theorems, this book aims to make the basic ideas, theorems, and methods of Category Theory understandable to this broad readership.
Although it assumes few mathematical pre-requisites, the standard of mathematical rigour is not compromised. The material covered includes the standard core of categories; functors; natural transformations; equivalence; limits and colimits; functor categories; representables; Yoneda's lemma;
adjoints; monads. An extra topic of cartesian closed categories and the lambda-calculus is also provided; a must for computer scientists, logicians and linguists!
Details
- Title Category Theory (Oxford Logic Guides)
- Author Awodey, Steve
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, S
- Pages 272
- Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Date 2006-07
- ISBN 9780198568612
About the author
Steve Awodey studied Mathematics and Philosophy at the University of Marburg (Germany) and the University of Chicago, earning his Ph.D. from Chicago under Saunders Mac Lane in 1997. He is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is an active
researcher in Category Theory and Logic, and has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles.
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