Applied Category Theory

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MIT Course Number

18.S097

As Taught In

January IAP 2019

Level

Undergraduate

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Category theory is a relatively new branch of mathematics that has transformed much of pure math research. The technical advance is that category theory provides a framework in which to organize formal systems and by which to translate between them, allowing one to transfer knowledge from one field to another. But this same organizational framework also has many compelling examples outside of pure math. In this course, we will give seven sketches on real-world applications of category theory.

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David Spivak, and Brendan Fong. 18.S097 Applied Category Theory . January IAP 2019. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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