From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/5398 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: additions Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:24:48 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?= NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261526485 25761 80.91.229.12 (23 Dec 2009 00:01:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:01:25 +0000 (UTC) To: "Bob Coecke" , Original-X-From: categories@mta.ca Wed Dec 23 01:01:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mailserv.mta.ca ([138.73.1.1]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NNEfF-0008W8-FH for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:01:17 +0100 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1NNEE0-0006GR-Lu for categories-list@mta.ca; Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:33:08 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:5398 Archived-At: Dear Bob, The subjects in my list were not chosen according to=20 the size of research grants or the number of peoples hired in=20 recent years by such and such institutions. I know first hand every subject in the list, at least at the basic = level. They make an essential use of category theory, and they inspire new developements in the field. I confess that I am quite ignorant about quantum computing. You wrote: >in funding terms >this may currently be the 2nd most funded category-theory >related area after Category Theory in Computer Science, >with, for example, dedicated large EU grants, US Office >of Naval Research support, and many others. Also, this >summer two researchers in the area obtained permanent >positions in France, and here in Oxford we hired a >3rd faculty member in the area. I do not question the importance of the subject. But presently, I am not convinced that quantum computing can contribute significantly to category theory. Best, Andr=E9 =20 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]