From: Jean-Pierre Marquis <jean-pierre.marquis@umontreal.ca>
To: categories <categories@mta.ca>
Subject: Explanations
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:37:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7EE6CE7F-C547-4D6A-8D59-89DA5209655E@umontreal.ca> (raw)
Hi,
I have a general question which is not strictly speaking about categories, but I thought I would ask the members of the list anyhow. Here is the context: some people claim that there are mathematical proofs that are explanatory, that is, not only do they establish the claim they prove, but they also show why the given result holds.
Here is my question: is there any proof, involving categories or not (but preferably so), that you would consider as being explanatory in this sense? Please answer off-list.
Thanks,
Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Marquis
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2011-04-19 23:37 Jean-Pierre Marquis [this message]
2011-04-20 17:22 Explanations Fred E.J. Linton
2011-04-21 19:09 ` Explanations peasthope
2011-04-22 13:55 Explanations Graham White
2011-04-23 20:27 ` Explanations David Yetter
2011-04-23 21:29 ` Explanations Ronnie Brown
2011-04-25 13:51 ` Explanations Joyal, André
2011-04-26 0:52 ` Explanations jim stasheff
2011-04-26 13:45 ` Explanations William Messing
[not found] ` <4DB6CC7D.40407@math.umn.edu>
2011-04-26 22:05 ` Explanations Ronnie Brown
2011-04-23 21:52 ` Explanations Dusko Pavlovic
2011-04-25 13:17 ` Explanations ClemsonSteve
2011-04-26 5:55 ` Explanations Timothy Porter
2011-04-27 7:53 ` Explanations Uli Fahrenberg
[not found] ` <17617_1303861705_4DB759C9_17617_39_1_E1QEryD-0006dq-7k@mlist.mta.ca>
2011-04-27 13:20 ` Explanations Marta Bunge
2011-04-27 8:16 Explanations Mattias Wikström
2011-04-28 13:12 Explanations Ellis D. Cooper
[not found] <BANLkTi=XhOM=FKajXUA6pyOq575fm_N=PQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-04-29 19:56 ` Explanations peasthope
2011-04-30 19:58 ` Explanations Charles Wells
2011-05-02 17:01 ` Explanations Clemson Steve
2011-05-01 12:50 ` Explanations F. William Lawvere
2011-04-30 21:09 Explanations Fred E.J. Linton
[not found] <609PDdViw1024S04.1304197762@web04.cms.usa.net>
2011-05-01 21:00 ` Explanations peasthope
2011-05-01 21:27 Explanations peasthope
[not found] <654PeBPnq2496S01.1304350816@web01.cms.usa.net>
2011-05-02 18:22 ` Explanations peasthope
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