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Computational Mathematics: Category Theory

A subject guide on Computational Mathematics as a hybrid discipline between computing and mathematics

What is Category Theory?

Category theory formalizes mathematical structure and its concepts in terms of a labeled directed graph called a category, whose nodes are called objects, and whose labelled directed edges are called arrows (or morphisms). A category has two basic properties: the ability to compose the arrows associatively, and the existence of an identity arrow for each object. The language of category theory has been used to formalize concepts of other high-level abstractions such as sets, rings, and groups. Informally, category theory is a general theory of functions.

What is Category Theory?

What is Category Theory? by MathProofsable
Category Theory for Beginners by Richard Southwell

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