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From a geometrical point of view : a study of the history and philosophy of category theory

Explores historical and philosophical aspects of category theory, trying there with to expose its significance in the mathematical landscape. This book offers a conceptual perspective on category theory and categorical logic. It is suitable for mathematicians, logicians, historians of contemporary mathematics, physicists and computer scientists
eBook, English, ©2009
Springer, Dordrecht, ©2009
Springer eBooks
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9781402093845, 1402093845
310352120
Introduction; Category Theory and Klein's Erlangen Program; Introducing Categories, Functors and Natural Transformations; Categories as Spaces, Functors as Transformations; Discovering Fundamental Categorical Transformations: Adjoint Functors; Adjoint Functors: What They are, What They Mean; Invariants in Foundations: Algebraic Logic; Invariants in Foundations: Geometric Logic; Conclusion