An Introduction to the Language of Category Theory

• Main Author: Roman, Steven (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2017.
• Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; Algebra.; Ordered algebraic structures.; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.; Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Structures.; General Algebraic Systems.

This textbook provides an introduction to elementary category theory, with the aim of making what can be a confusing and sometimes overwhelming subject more accessible. In writing about this challenging subject, the author has brought to bear all of the experience he has gained in authoring over 30...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Categories
• Functors and Natural Transformations
• Universality
• Cones and Limits
• Adjoints
• References
• Index of Symbols
• Index.