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Applications of Categories in Computer Science

Applications of Categories in Computer Science

Applications of Categories in Computer Science

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society Symposium, Durham 1991
M. P. Fourman, University of Edinburgh
P. T. Johnstone, University of Cambridge
A. M. Pitts, University of Cambridge
June 1992
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    Applications of category theory and related topics of mathematics to computer science have been a growing area in recent years. This book contains selected papers on the subject from the London Mathematical Society Symposium held at the University of Durham in July 1991.

    • Potentially wide market - relevant to computer scientists as well as mathematicians

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    June 1992
    Paperback
    9780521427265
    352 pages
    229 × 152 × 20 mm
    0.505kg
    1 b/w illus.
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Computational comonads and intensional semantics S. Brookes and S. Geva
    • Weakly distributed categories J. R. B. Cockett and R. A. G. Seely
    • Sequentiality and full abstraction P.-L. Curien
    • Remarks on algebraically compact categories P. J. Freyd
    • Dinaturality for free P. J. Freyd, E. P. Robinson and G. Rosolini
    • Simply typed and untyped l-calculus revisited B. Jacobs
    • Modelling reduction in confluent categories C. B. Jay
    • On clubs and data-type constructors G. M. Kelly
    • Penrose diagrams and 2-dimensional rewriting Y. Lafont
    • Strong monads, algebras and fixed points P. S. Mulry
    • Semantics of local variables P. W. O'Hearn and R. D. Tennant
    • Using fibrations to understand subtypes W. Phoa
    • Reasoning about sequential functions via logical relations K. Sieber
    • I-categories and duality M. B. Smyth
    • Geometric theories and databases S. Vickers
    • Partial products, bagdomains and hyperlocal toposes P. T. Johnstone.
      Contributors
    • S. Brookes, S. Geva, J. R. B. Cockett, R. A. G. Seely, P.-L. Curien, P. J. Freyd, E. P. Robinson, G. Rosolini, B. Jacob, C. B. Jay, G. M. Kelly, Y. Lafont, P. S. Mulry, P. W. O'Hearn, R. D. Tennant, W. Phoa, K. Sieber, M. B. Smyth, S. Vickers, P. T. Johnstone

    • Editors
    • M. P. Fourman , University of Edinburgh
    • P. T. Johnstone , University of Cambridge
    • A. M. Pitts , University of Cambridge

      Andrew Pitts FACM FBCS is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Darwin College.