From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/4606 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: cat-dist@mta.ca Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Bourbaki and Categories Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:38:31 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241020054 14022 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:47:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:47:34 +0000 (UTC) To: "Michael Barr" , Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Fri Sep 19 13:27:33 2008 -0300 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:27:33 -0300 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1KgiiN-0003ie-Vx for categories-list@mta.ca; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:20:16 -0300 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 76 Original-Lines: 34 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:4606 Archived-At: Michael, That seems a very good and generous idea! It could initially be posted on your site, except that it should also be indefinitely available. The pdf should have hyperref, and perhaps there should be a complete version and also a parcelled version, so that wiki and Planet Math could have links to specific parts. What do you think? Ronnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Barr" To: "R Brown" Cc: "Vaughan Pratt" ; Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:36 PM Subject: Re: categories: Re: Bourbaki and Categories > The three books I have authored or co-authored all contain a chapter of > about 40 pages that is an introduction to category theory. They are > largely identical (the one for Acyclic Models has a an added section on > categories of fractions, needed for that book). The one in TTT is already > freely available and, with Charles's permission, I would happily post that > in whatever place you would like. > > Michael >