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Categories and Computer Science

Categories and Computer Science

Categories and Computer Science

R. F. C. Walters, University of Sydney
April 2011
Adobe eBook Reader
9780511881305

    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.

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    April 2011
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9780511881305
    0 pages
    0kg
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • 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.