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Leinster, Tom.

Basic category theory Tom Leinster. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. - viii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; 143 . - Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; 143. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176) and index.

Categories, functors and natural transformations -- Adjoints -- Interlude on sets -- Representables -- Limits -- Adjoints, representables and limits -- Appendix: Proof of the general adjoint functor theorem.

"At the heart of this short introduction to category theory is the idea of a universal property, important throughout mathematics. After an introductory chapter giving the basic definitions, separate chapters explain three ways of expressing universal properties: via adjoint functors, representable functors, and limits. A final chapter ties all three together."--

ISBN: 9781107044241 (Hbk) 1107044243

LCCN: 2014451716

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB483444 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016817752 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Categories (Mathematics)
Categories (Mathematics)

LC Class. No.: QA169 / .L438 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 512.62 L533B