%0 Book %1 fong2018seven %A Fong, Brendan %A Spivak, David I %D 2018 %K book category-theory mathematics %T Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05316 %X This book is an invitation to discover advanced topics in category theory through concrete, real-world examples. It aims to give a tour: a gentle, quick introduction to guide later exploration. The tour takes place over seven sketches, each pairing an evocative application, such as databases, electric circuits, or dynamical systems, with the exploration of a categorical structure, such as adjoint functors, enriched categories, or toposes. No prior knowledge of category theory is assumed. A feedback form for typos, comments, questions, and suggestions is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/160G9OFcP5DWT8Stn7TxdVx83DJnnf7d5GML0_FOD5Wg/edit

@book{fong2018seven, abstract = {This book is an invitation to discover advanced topics in category theory through concrete, real-world examples. It aims to give a tour: a gentle, quick introduction to guide later exploration. The tour takes place over seven sketches, each pairing an evocative application, such as databases, electric circuits, or dynamical systems, with the exploration of a categorical structure, such as adjoint functors, enriched categories, or toposes. No prior knowledge of category theory is assumed. A feedback form for typos, comments, questions, and suggestions is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/160G9OFcP5DWT8Stn7TxdVx83DJnnf7d5GML0_FOD5Wg/edit}, added-at = {2019-10-24T21:32:22.000+0200}, author = {Fong, Brendan and Spivak, David I}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c7f435646d1a4cb5adbff8d8bd746d0d/kirk86}, description = {[1803.05316] Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory}, interhash = {a665469bb990b96233ea1f7e180154a1}, intrahash = {c7f435646d1a4cb5adbff8d8bd746d0d}, keywords = {book category-theory mathematics}, note = {cite arxiv:1803.05316Comment: 341+xii pages}, timestamp = {2019-10-24T21:40:32.000+0200}, title = {Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05316}, year = 2018 }