Re: A well kept secret

[Greg Meredith <lgreg.meredith@biosimilarity.com>]

Dear Paul,

Two more examples: when is some Australian going to write

"2-categories for the working categorist"?

Where is the textbook on universal algebra based on monads?

Absolutely. The latter would so greatly simplify a number of
cross-disciplinary conversations.

Best wishes,

--greg

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Paul Taylor <pt09@paultaylor.eu> wrote:

> I'm not too sure what the context was, but Andre' Joyal said on 7
> December,
>
>
> > Category theory is a powerful mathematical language.  It is extremely
> good
> > for organising, unifying and suggesting new directions of research.
>
> I completely agree.
>
>
> > It is probably the most important mathematical developpement of
> > the 20th century.
>
> It is too early to tell.
>
> [Comment attributed to Zhou Enlai (Chinese Communist leader 1949-76)
> when asked his opinion of the French Revolution.]
>
>

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