Categories and Computer Science
Published on 27. August 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-0-521-42226-0 (ISBN)
Description
Category theory has become increasingly important and popular in computer science, and many universities now have introductions to category theory as part of their courses for undergraduate computer scientists. The author is a respected category theorist and has based this textbook on a course given over the last few years at the University of Sydney. The theory is developed in a straightforward way, and is enriched with many examples from computer science. Thus this book meets the needs of undergradute computer scientists, and yet retains a level of mathematical correctness that will broaden its appeal to include students of mathematics new to category theory.
Reviews / Votes
"Nice, crisp introduction to category theory, motivated by examples and use in computer science. Mathematical sophistication blends nicely with fundamental concepts and examples to make the connections (and usefulness) understandable to good undergraduates." The American Mathematical Monthly "Within the setting of distributive categories, nicely explained here, one sees data structure abstractions done properly. The example of queues is the most compelling in that all of the structure of distributive categories is used....strongly recommend[ed]. David B. Benson, Computing Reviews "...probably the clearest introduction to category theory written to date." The Bulletin of Mathematics BooksMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-42226-0 (9780521422260)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Introduction; 1. The algebra of functions; 2. Products and sums; 3. Distributive categories; 4. Data types; 5. Categories of functors; 6. More about products; 7. Computational category theory; References; Index.