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Category Theory in Context

Emily Riehl

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benrbray
Riehl's "Category Theory in Context" is great. It's one of those books where every page really takes a couple hours to fully absorb. It pairs well with Milewski's "Category Theory for Programmers" [1] series, which is comparatively lighter and gives some concrete examples. [1] https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-p... (https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-preface/)

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thraxil
Does math count as "technical?" I was originally a Physics major and lately I've been on a kick of filling in the mathematics that was used in my Physics classes but that I feel like was never really gone into in much depth. My current reading list is: - "Analysis I" (and II) by Terence Tao (I finished the first volume and am now on the second, but I consider them really one book) - "Understanding Analysis" by Stephen Abbott - "Topology Through Inquiry" by Starbird and Su - "Introduction To Topology And Modern Analysis" by George F. Simmons The Terence Tao books are amazing so far. Extremely readable introduction to Real Analysis. Abbott also came highly recommended and from reading the first couple chapters I can see why as it also seems to be very readable. I don't know if it would be a better introduction than Tao, but it covers mostly the same material and I think having two different perspectives will really help solidify things for me. Once I finish those, I'll see whether I want to go deeper into Topology or move to Complex Analysis or Differential Geometry.…

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