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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 along with hundreds of examples and exercises.

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Note to the reader; Introduction; 1. Categories, functors and natural transformations; 2. Adjoints; 3. Interlude on sets; 4. Representables; 5. Limits; 6. Adjoints, representables and limits; Appendix: proof of the General Adjoint Functor Theorem; Glossary of notation; Further reading; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/24/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107044241, 978-1107044241
      ISBN10: 1107044243
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 along with hundreds of examples and exercises.

      Table of Contents
      Note to the reader; Introduction; 1. Categories, functors and natural transformations; 2. Adjoints; 3. Interlude on sets; 4. Representables; 5. Limits; 6. Adjoints, representables and limits; Appendix: proof of the General Adjoint Functor Theorem; Glossary of notation; Further reading; Index.

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