Category Theory and Functional Programming
by Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson
Publisher: University of St. Andrews 2012
Number of pages: 99
Description:
This text is intended to provide an introduction to Category Theory that ties into Haskell and functional programming as a source of examples and applications. Topics covered: The definition of categories, special objects and morphisms, functors, natural transformation, (co-)limits and special cases of these, adjunctions, freeness and presentations as categorical constructs, monads and Kleisli arrows, recursion with categorical constructs.
Download or read it online for free here:
Read online
(online html)
Similar books
Category Theory- Wikibooks
This book is an introduction to category theory, written for those who have some understanding of one or more branches of abstract mathematics, such as group theory, analysis or topology. It contains examples drawn from various branches of math.
(13156 views)
Banach Modules and Functors on Categories of Banach Spacesby J. Cigler, V. Losert, P.W. Michor - Marcel Dekker Inc
This book is the final outgrowth of a sequence of seminars about functors on categories of Banach spaces (held 1971 - 1975) and several doctoral dissertations. It has been written for readers with a general background in functional analysis.
(11581 views)
Higher Operads, Higher Categoriesby Tom Leinster - arXiv
Higher-dimensional category theory is the study of n-categories, operads, braided monoidal categories, and other such exotic structures. It draws its inspiration from topology, quantum algebra, mathematical physics, logic, and computer science.
(13661 views)
Mixed Motivesby Marc Levine - American Mathematical Society
This book combines foundational constructions in the theory of motives and results relating motivic cohomology to more explicit constructions. Prerequisite for understanding the work is a basic background in algebraic geometry.
(16042 views)