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The language of ends and (co)ends provides a natural and general way of expressing many phenomena in category theory, in the abstract and in applications. Yet although category-theoretic methods are now widely used by mathematicians, since (co)ends lie just beyond a first course in category theory, they are typically only used by category theorists, for whom they are something of a secret weapon. This book is the first systematic treatment of the theory of (co)ends. Aimed at a wide audience, it presents the (co)end calculus as a powerful tool to clarify and simplify definitions and results in category theory and export them for use in diverse areas of mathematics and computer science. It is organised as an easy-to-cite reference manual, and will be of interest to category theorists and users of category theory alike.

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Preface; 1. Dinaturality and (co)ends; 2. Yoneda and Kan; 3. Nerves and realisations; 4. Weighted (co)limits; 5. Profunctors; 6. Operads; 7. Higher dimensional (co)ends; Appendix A. Review of category theory; Appendix B; References; Index.

Coend Calculus

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 22 July 2021
      ISBN-13 9781108746120
      978-1108746120
      ISBN-10 1108746128
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      Mathematical logic

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The language of ends and (co)ends provides a natural and general way of expressing many phenomena in category theory, in the abstract and in applications. Yet although category-theoretic methods are now widely used by mathematicians, since (co)ends lie just beyond a first course in category theory, they are typically only used by category theorists, for whom they are something of a secret weapon. This book is the first systematic treatment of the theory of (co)ends. Aimed at a wide audience, it presents the (co)end calculus as a powerful tool to clarify and simplify definitions and results in category theory and export them for use in diverse areas of mathematics and computer science. It is organised as an easy-to-cite reference manual, and will be of interest to category theorists and users of category theory alike.

      Table of Contents

      Preface; 1. Dinaturality and (co)ends; 2. Yoneda and Kan; 3. Nerves and realisations; 4. Weighted (co)limits; 5. Profunctors; 6. Operads; 7. Higher dimensional (co)ends; Appendix A. Review of category theory; Appendix B; References; Index.

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