From: Zinovy Diskin <zdiskin@gmail.com>
To: "Joyal, André" <joyal.andre@uqam.ca>, categories@mta.ca
Subject: Re: A well kept secret
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:30:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1NJxFE-0004Zb-C2@mailserv.mta.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1NHofN-0001v4-Ln@mailserv.mta.ca>
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Joyal, André <joyal.andre@uqam.ca> wrote:
> Category theory is a powerful mathematical language.
> It is extremely good for organising, unifying and suggesting new directions of research.
one important point is missing: design and design patterns. Design
from scratch is for geniuses while ordinary people design by adapting
and developing preexisting patterns. Category theory created a
powerful system of design patterns for math and beyond (computer
science, physics, engineering). It seems it changed the very
nature of mathematical design.
Z.
> It is probably the most important mathematical developpement of the 20th century.
>
> But we cant say that publically.
>
> André Joyal
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-13 3:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-29 23:31 Dangerous knowledge Joyal, André
2009-11-30 16:51 ` Mike Stay
2009-11-30 23:37 ` Dana Scott
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E2159B5F8@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
2009-12-02 4:03 ` Dangerous times Joyal, André
2009-12-01 1:40 ` Dangerous knowledge Alex Hoffnung
2009-12-01 14:26 ` jim stasheff
2009-12-01 14:30 ` Ronnie Brown
2009-12-01 2:32 ` jim stasheff
2009-12-01 15:13 ` Alex Hoffnung
2009-12-01 16:43 ` Robert Seely
2009-12-02 2:25 ` RE : categories: " Joyal, André
2009-12-02 17:27 ` Ronnie Brown
2009-12-01 3:59 ` Dangerous ignorance Joyal, André
2009-12-01 13:56 ` Dangerous knowledge Charles Wells
2009-12-02 2:16 ` John Baez
2009-12-06 18:46 ` Vaughan Pratt
2009-12-07 2:46 ` Joyal, André
2009-12-07 13:46 ` jim stasheff
2009-12-08 19:15 ` Vaughan Pratt
2009-12-07 14:13 ` A well kept secret Joyal, André
2009-12-08 17:31 ` Steve Vickers
2009-12-09 14:18 ` Charles Wells
2009-12-10 14:49 ` Paul Taylor
2009-12-11 1:44 ` Michael Barr
2009-12-12 0:13 ` jim stasheff
2009-12-13 3:17 ` Wojtowicz, Ralph
2009-12-13 7:01 ` Vaughan Pratt
2009-12-11 1:46 ` Tom Leinster
2009-12-11 6:51 ` Michael Fourman
2009-12-11 8:36 ` Greg Meredith
2009-12-12 19:00 ` Zinovy Diskin
[not found] ` <e3ef1bd7ee7e9e1e1ecdb201955e18f6@PaulTaylor.EU>
2009-12-10 15:51 ` RE : " Joyal, André
2009-12-13 3:30 ` Zinovy Diskin [this message]
2009-12-07 17:18 ` Dangerous knowledge Steve Vickers
2009-12-08 4:09 ` A well kept secret David Spivak
2009-12-12 15:57 ` jim stasheff
2009-12-08 5:23 ` Robert Seely
2009-12-09 16:12 ` Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh
[not found] ` <7b998a320912090812x60551840r641fe9feb75efaee@mail.gmail.com>
2009-12-09 17:02 ` Robert Seely
2009-12-10 18:03 ` Dangerous_knowledge Joyal, André
2009-12-09 7:40 A well kept secret? Ronnie Brown
2009-12-14 18:41 ` Andrew Stacey
2009-12-15 20:14 ` A well kept secret Joyal, André
2009-12-13 21:46 categorical "varieties of algebras" (fwd) Michael Barr
2009-12-14 19:52 ` A well kept secret Dusko Pavlovic
2009-12-16 17:17 F William Lawvere
2009-12-22 16:39 Andree Ehresmann
2009-12-23 15:30 ` Andrew Stacey
2009-12-28 10:07 ` Reinhard Boerger
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