Tool and Object: A History and Philosophy of Category Theory (Science Networks. Historical Studies)

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Category theory is a general mathematical theory of structures and of structures of structures. It occupied a central position in contemporary mathematics as well as computer science. This book describes the history of category theory whereby illuminating its symbiotic relationship to algebraic topology, homological algebra, algebraic geometry and mathematical logic and elaboratively develops the connections with the epistemological significance.

Author(s): Ralf Krömer
Series: Science Networks . Historical Studies 32
Edition: 1
Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag AG
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 400
Tags: Математика;История математики;