From: peasthope@shaw.ca
To: categories@mta.ca
Subject: Re: A well kept secret?
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:30:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1NLRqY-0000cU-Ty@mailserv.mta.ca> (raw)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:12:53 -0800 John Baez wrote,
> ... older category theorists ... fought to convince
> the world that category theory was
> worthwhile. Some feel they lost that fight.
They won it ... but how prevalent is the
subject in undergraduate programs? Vector
algebra and analysis wasn't taught to engineers
until what, 1900 or later. Now it is ubiquitous.
Absolutely no offense to existing books but what
about an energetic mathematician or two writing
a _Schaum's Outline of Category Theory_? I'd
expect it to sell off the shelves initially.
Regards, ... Peter E.
[For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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2009-12-17 23:30 peasthope [this message]
2009-12-18 4:09 ` John Baez
2009-12-18 22:25 ` Ellis D. Cooper
2009-12-19 17:45 ` Ronnie Brown
2009-12-19 22:16 ` John Baez
2009-12-20 22:52 ` Greg Meredith
2009-12-21 15:46 ` Zinovy Diskin
2009-12-22 16:59 ` zoran skoda
2009-12-23 1:53 ` Tom Leinster
2009-12-23 14:15 ` Colin McLarty
2009-12-23 19:10 ` CatLab Joyal, André
2009-12-20 21:50 ` A well kept secret? jim stasheff
[not found] ` <d4da910b0912220859q3858b68am4e58749f21ce839d@mail.gmail.com>
2009-12-23 4:31 ` Zinovy Diskin
2009-12-23 14:35 ` Ronnie Brown
[not found] ` <4B322ACA.50202@btinternet.com>
2009-12-25 20:06 ` Zinovy Diskin
2009-12-20 17:50 ` Joyal, André
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E2159B6AA@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
2009-12-21 8:43 ` additions Joyal, André
2009-12-21 14:16 ` additions Bob Coecke
2009-12-22 2:24 ` additions Joyal, André
2009-12-23 20:51 ` additions Thorsten Altenkirch
2009-12-24 23:55 ` additions Dusko Pavlovic
2009-12-26 2:14 ` additions Peter Selinger
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E370F5626@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E370F5636@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E370F5638@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
2009-12-28 17:54 ` quantum information and foundation Joyal, André
2009-12-29 12:13 ` Urs Schreiber
2009-12-29 15:55 ` zoran skoda
2009-12-22 0:39 ` additions Mike Stay
2009-12-23 11:19 ` additions Steve Vickers
2009-12-23 18:06 ` additions Mike Stay
2009-12-24 13:12 ` additions Carsten Führmann
2009-12-24 19:23 ` additions Dusko Pavlovic
2009-12-23 19:06 ` additions Thorsten Altenkirch
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0912211413340.15997@msr03.math.mcgill.ca>
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E2159B6B3@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
2009-12-23 17:08 ` RE : categories: additions Joyal, André
2009-12-21 19:20 ` additions Michael Barr
2009-12-27 23:14 ` quantum information and foundation Dusko Pavlovic
[not found] ` <Pine.GSO.4.64.0912272037140.28761@merc3.comlab>
2009-12-28 16:38 ` Bob Coecke
[not found] ` <Pine.GSO.4.64.0912281630040.29390@merc4.comlab>
2009-12-28 18:17 ` Bob Coecke
2009-12-18 10:48 ` A well kept secret? KCHM
2009-12-19 20:55 ` Vaughan Pratt
2009-12-22 12:21 ` additions Mark Weber
2009-12-23 0:05 ` additions Scott Morrison
2009-12-23 14:13 ` additions Mark Weber
[not found] ` <B3C24EA955FF0C4EA14658997CD3E25E2159B6B8@CAHIER.gst.uqam.ca>
2009-12-23 21:04 ` CatLab Urs Schreiber
[not found] ` <4B3368C1.3000800@bath.ac.uk>
2009-12-24 16:25 ` additions Mike Stay
2009-12-26 0:03 ` additions Toby Bartels
[not found] ` <7f854b310912240825s39f195b2x2db16cc8f3a5cde7@mail.gmail.com>
2009-12-25 8:18 ` additions Carsten Führmann
[not found] ` <4B347567.9070603@bath.ac.uk>
2009-12-29 23:17 ` additions Mike Stay
2009-12-30 21:00 ` additions Greg Meredith
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-12-20 1:00 A well kept secret? Larry Harper
2009-12-20 14:38 ` Colin McLarty
2009-12-20 17:47 ` jim stasheff
2009-12-09 7:40 Ronnie Brown
2009-12-14 18:41 ` Andrew Stacey
2009-12-15 5:12 ` John Baez
2009-12-17 5:08 ` Ross Street
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