I’ve often seen “Categories for the Working Mathematician” by Saunders Mac Lane recommended for programmers interested in category theory. I have yet to read it but looks pretty good!
I managed to get 2 chapters in last night without my brain exploding. I’d pre-skimmed Category Theory for the Sciences: http://category-theory.mitpress.mit.edu/ so I wasn’t totally unprepared.
That question doesn’t make much sense. There are hundreds of books in dozens of categories, and whether or not any of them are worth reading will depend entirely on what your interests are.
I have found several that I plan on reading, but that’s because I searched for topics I thought would be interesting…
Why in the world does the link go to a Twitter post with a link to search results?!?
Why not link directly to the Springer page? There’s a lot more than math books available.
http://www.springeropen.com/books
Super nice that Springier is doing this. Are there any volumes worth spending the time reading?
I’ve often seen “Categories for the Working Mathematician” by Saunders Mac Lane recommended for programmers interested in category theory. I have yet to read it but looks pretty good!
I managed to get 2 chapters in last night without my brain exploding. I’d pre-skimmed Category Theory for the Sciences: http://category-theory.mitpress.mit.edu/ so I wasn’t totally unprepared.
I really like this one. It’s a very nice introduction to group representations and algebraic combinatorics.
The present crustacean company might like some logic and category theory or some machine learning.
That question doesn’t make much sense. There are hundreds of books in dozens of categories, and whether or not any of them are worth reading will depend entirely on what your interests are.
I have found several that I plan on reading, but that’s because I searched for topics I thought would be interesting…
I’m seeing tweets that this was a mistake that is being corrected - download while you can.