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# An Introduction to Category Theory

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Review: He makes the subject interesting, accessible, and learnable. - I've tried several times to get a little bit better grasp on Category Theory and never got very far. The definition of a Category is not difficult, but, for the way my mind works, abstractionitis quickly sets in, causing acute mental paralysis. In so many other treatments I have tried to read, there is too much of a rush to talk about functors (which relate one category to another) without giving enough preliminary attention just to aspects of a category in se. One of the great strengths of this excellent presentation is that the author gives a couple of very simple and concrete categories to keep in the back of one's mind, and this helps a lot with the later developments. The chapters are short, a great plus. I also enjoy very much the author's sense of humor. I would certainly recommend this book as an introduction over any other I have seen.
Review: Computational problem-solving with categories - Some reviews indicate this book is an "easy" introduction to category theory (CT)--and it is well written--but that's not its primary virtue. It is something even better: Simmons has the knack for writing concretely about an inherently abstract topic. One aspect of this talent is that he focuses on CT as a problem-solving tool. I've extensively explored the CT literature, and chapter four of this book provides one of the most cogent descriptions that I have seen of how to use CT as an analytic technique. The book also has one of the better accounts of how CT's many 'gadgets' work together. Simmons provides an extensive number of exercises, with solutions available online. Any reader who works through them will be well prepared for the more abstract CT exemplars that dominate the field.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,624,025 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #621 in Mathematical Logic #5,021 in Mathematics (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (46) |
| Dimensions  | 5.99 x 0.6 x 9.02 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0521283043 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0521283045 |
| Item Weight  | 12.8 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 238 pages |
| Publication date  | September 22, 2011 |
| Publisher  | Cambridge University Press |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He makes the subject interesting, accessible, and learnable.
*by J***T on December 19, 2021*

I've tried several times to get a little bit better grasp on Category Theory and never got very far. The definition of a Category is not difficult, but, for the way my mind works, abstractionitis quickly sets in, causing acute mental paralysis. In so many other treatments I have tried to read, there is too much of a rush to talk about functors (which relate one category to another) without giving enough preliminary attention just to aspects of a category in se. One of the great strengths of this excellent presentation is that the author gives a couple of very simple and concrete categories to keep in the back of one's mind, and this helps a lot with the later developments. The chapters are short, a great plus. I also enjoy very much the author's sense of humor. I would certainly recommend this book as an introduction over any other I have seen.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Computational problem-solving with categories
*by S***T on September 17, 2013*

Some reviews indicate this book is an "easy" introduction to category theory (CT)--and it is well written--but that's not its primary virtue. It is something even better: Simmons has the knack for writing concretely about an inherently abstract topic. One aspect of this talent is that he focuses on CT as a problem-solving tool. I've extensively explored the CT literature, and chapter four of this book provides one of the most cogent descriptions that I have seen of how to use CT as an analytic technique. The book also has one of the better accounts of how CT's many 'gadgets' work together. Simmons provides an extensive number of exercises, with solutions available online. Any reader who works through them will be well prepared for the more abstract CT exemplars that dominate the field.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kindle edition works fine for me
*by M***N on July 29, 2014*

I just bought the Kindle edition, and I can read the diagrams perfectly on my iPad. I am not sure why someone gave a one star review because she could not read the Kindle edition diagrams. I bought this book because I wanted to hopefully improve my facility with the Haskell programming language. So far, this book satisfies that need.

## Frequently Bought Together

- An Introduction to Category Theory
- Category Theory in Context (Aurora: Dover Modern Math Originals)
- Basic Category Theory (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 143)

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