Definition:Category Theory
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Definition
Category theory is the branch of abstract algebra which studies categories.
It can be described as the theory of functors.
Also known as
Steve Awodey, in Category Theory, 2nd ed., takes the arrow analogy and runs with it, by proposing the term archery in place of category theory.
Also see
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Sources
- 1964: Peter Freyd: Abelian Categories ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): category theory