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| From: | Pierre-Evariste Dagand <pedagand@g...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Categories for types |
> Maybe someone can also suggests other readings to me. /!\ Disclaimer /!\ I'm not a category theory guru, it just happened that I had one lecture on that topic, I'm still trying to understand that field. The following references come from my teacher. Feel free to comment this choice / to comment over my comments, I am eager to learn more about this topic. This book is a "classic", targeting the use of category theory for programming languages : Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists, Benjamin C. Pierce It's "understandable", i.e: to be read with a pen and a paper. That's not a thriller... Then comes the Crole, Categories for Types. Quite hard to grasp but hey... that's category theory... Spoiler : at the end, the hyper-doctrine classify the \omega \lambda theory, I look forward Season 2 to know how she reacts. Less computer science oriented, you have : Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories, Lawvere & Schanuel This one is very pedestrian, it starts with stones, Anna, Joe and Richard to end with "higher universal mapping properties". I find it quite good at developping some intuitions of what all these thingy-morphisms are, among other thingysm. On the other hand, you have the H-Bomb : Categories for the Working Mathematician, Mac Lane Probably a very good book. But I can't comment it : as soon as I open it, read a line, I fall asleep. It's a very dense book. I have also heard a good review of the following : Category Theory (Oxford Logic Guides), Steve Awodey As an intermediate between Mac Lane and Pierce. Good luck and don't forget to buy a lot of coffee, -- Pierre-Evariste Dagand