David Spivak, Research Scientist, Brendan Fong, Postdoctoral Associate
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Category theory is a relatively new branch of mathematics that has transformed much of pure math research. The technical advance is that category theory provides a framework in which to organize formal systems, and by which to translate between them, allowing one to transfer knowledge from one field to another. But this same organizational framework also has many compelling examples outside of pure math. In this course, we will give seven sketches on real-world applications of category theory.
No knowledge of category theory is assumed; we will build up from the basics to the advanced theory over the series of lectures. We will also provide course notes that we hope will become a book.
More details at: http://math.mit.edu/~dspivak/teaching/sp18/
Contact: Brendan Fong, 2-180, BFO@MIT.EDU
David Spivak - Research Scientist, Brendan Fong - Postdoctoral Associate