Category Theory provides a general conceptual framework that has proved fruitful in subjects as diverse as geometry, topology, theoretical computer science and foundational mathematics.
It can also be used as a recommended text for a taught introductory course..
Over 200 exercises, with solutions available online, help the reader to access the subject and make the book ideal for self-study.
The material is slowly developed using many examples and illustrations to illuminate the concepts explained.
It gives the basic definitions; goes through the various associated gadgetry, such as functors, natural transformations, limits and colimits; and then explains adjunctions.
Beginning postgraduate mathematicians will find this book an excellent Introduction to all of the basics of Category theory.
Here is a friendly, easy-to-read textbook that explains the fundamentals at a level suitable for newcomers to the subject.
Category Theory provides a general conceptual framework that has proved fruitful in subjects as diverse as geometry, topology, theoretical computer science and foundational mathematics
