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Conceptual mathematics :

Lawvere, F. W.

Conceptual mathematics : a first introduction to categories / F. William Lawvere, Stephen H. Schanuel. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xii, 390 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword; Note to the reader; Preview; Part I. The Category of Sets: 1. Sets, maps, composition; Part II. The Algebra of Composition: 2. Isomorphisms; Part III. Categories of Structured Sets: 3. Examples of categories; Part IV. Elementary Universal Mapping Properties: 4. Universal mapping properties; Part V. Higher Universal Mapping Properties: 5. Map objects; 6. The contravariant parts functor; 7. The components functor; Appendix 1. Geometry of figures and algebra of functions; Appendix 2. Adjoint functors; Appendix 3. The emergence of category theory within mathematics; Appendix 4. Annotated bibliography.

9780521719162 (pbk.)

2007043671

GBA817788 bnb

014519479 Uk


Categories (Mathematics)

QA169 / .L355 2009

512/.62 511.3
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