On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:04 AM, Benjamin L. Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Category Theory Lecture Notes for ESSLLI > Michael Barr, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill > University > Charles Wells, Department of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve > University > http://www.math.upatras.gr/~cdrossos/Docs/B-W-LectureNotes.pdf
So far this has been an excellent read for someone failing to grok category theory for a while! Thanks! Luke > The above-mentioned lecture notes were condensed from the following > book, and then rearranged to present category theory from a computer > science perspective: > > Toposes, Triples and Theories > by Michael Barr and Charles Wells > http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/math/wells/pub/ttt.html > > According to the above-referenced home page for this book: > >> The original book, Grundlehren der math. Wissenschaften 278. >> Springer-Verlag, 1983, is now out of print. A revised and corrected version >> is now available free for downloading. > > An even shorter book on category theory is the following: > > A Gentle Introduction to Category Theory - the calculational approach > by Maarten M Fokkinga > http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~fokkinga/mmf92b.html > > However, I did not prefer the above book, despite its brevity, because > unlike the other two titles, it did not including any specific > material on monads. > >>What do you think about "Categories and Computer Science (Cambridge Computer >>Science Texts)" at >>http://www.amazon.com/Categories-Computer-Science-Cambridge-Texts/dp/0521422264/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product >>? > > I haven't read it, so I would need to review it before giving an > opinion. I shall keep it in mind, however; thank you for the > reference. > > -- Benjamin L. Russell > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe