Category Theory for Computing Science
by Michael Barr, Charles Wells
Publisher: Prentice Hall 1998
ISBN/ASIN: 0131204866
ISBN-13: 9780131204867
Number of pages: 544
Description:
This book is a textbook in basic category theory, written specifically to be read by researchers and students in computing science. We expound the constructions we feel are basic to category theory in the context of examples and applications to computing science.
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