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Category Theory (Score:2)

by TorgoX (1933)

I just can't make heads nor tails out of what category theory even is!
- Re:Category Theory (Score:1)
  
  by robin (1821)
  
  I think I just about understand what it is by now, but not well enough to be able to explain it snappily.
  It's a little like abstract algebra, except more abstract and less algebraic. It's a formalism used for making precise analogies between superficially unrelated mathematical theories.
  Joseph Goguen has a nice paper A Categorical Manifesto [ucsd.edu], which explains clearly and convincingly why category theory is useful in computer science.
  John Baez says (in this [ucr.edu] web page):
  "If we try to generalize the heck out of
And now... (Score:2)

by Simon (89)

A card game based on set theory [setgame.com].