Jiˇr´ı Ad´amek Horst Herrlich George E. Strecker Abstract and Concrete Categories The Joy of Cats Dedicated to Bernhard Banaschewski The newest edition of the file of the present book can be downloaded from http://katmat.math.uni-bremen.de/acc The authors are grateful for any improvements, corrections, and remarks, and can be reached at the addresses Jiˇr´ı Ad´amek, email:
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