Course Descriptions - Introduction to Category Theory
MATH 4135 Introduction to Category Theory
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Categories, functors, natural transformations and adjointness are introduced with emphasis on examples drawn from undergraduate Mathematics and theoretical Computer Science. The calculus of diagram chasing, limits, colimits and Kan extensions is explored in detail.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES:
MATH 3031.03 and
MATH 3501.03 or permission of the instructor.
CROSS-LISTING:
MATH 5135.03