Abstract And Concrete Categories: The Joy Of Cats

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This up-to-date introductory treatment employs category theory to explore the theory of structures. Its unique approach stresses concrete categories and presents a systematic view of factorization structures, offering a unifying perspective on earlier work and summarizing recent developments. Numerous examples, ranging from general to specific, illuminate the text. 1990 edition, updated 2004.

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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: [email protected] Horst Herrlich, email: [email protected] George E. Strecker, email: [email protected] All corrections will be awarded, besides eternal gratefulness, with a piece of delicious cake! You can claim your cake at the KatMAT Seminar, University of Bremen, at any Tuesday (during terms). c 2004 Jiˇr´ı Ad´amek, Horst Herrlich, and George E. Strecker. Copyright Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is inclu
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