Category theory

Category theory is a mathematical theory that deals in an abstract way with mathematical structures and relationships between them. It is half-jokingly known as "generalized abstract nonsense". Categories appear in most branches of mathematics, in some areas of theoretical computer science and mathematical physics, and have been a unifying notion. Categories were first introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in 1945, in connection with algebraic topology.

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Mathematical - Abstract nonsense - Categories - Theoretical computer science - Mathematical physics - Samuel Eilenberg - Saunders Mac Lane - 1945 - Algebraic topology

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