Author: José Escoriza López
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781560728238
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The main aim of this book is to study the concept of multiplication objects from a categorical point of view, namely, in the setting of monoidal categories which are responsible for the narrow relationship between quantum groups and knot theory. At the same time, the book brings together the literature on multiplication modules and rings, which has been scattered to date. This book organises and exposes them in a categorical framework by using functorial techniques. Multiplication modules and rings are framed inside commutative algebra, which is a basis for number theory and algebraic geometry. These include families of rings very important in ideal arithmetic such as regular von Neumann rings, Dedekind domains, hereditary rings or special primary rings. In the relative case, i.e., multiplication modules and rings with respect to a hereditary torsion theory, the most significant example is that of Krull domains (with respect to the classical torsion theory). As a consequence, we have an adequate setting to consider divisorial properties. As for the graded concept, it is possible to examine deep in the study of arithmetically graded rings such as generalized Rees rings, graded Dedekind domains, twisted group rings, etc. The book points out some different possibilities to deal with the topic, for example, semiring theory, lattice theory, comodule theory, etc.
Multiplication Objects in Monoidal Categories
Author: José Escoriza López
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781560728238
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The main aim of this book is to study the concept of multiplication objects from a categorical point of view, namely, in the setting of monoidal categories which are responsible for the narrow relationship between quantum groups and knot theory. At the same time, the book brings together the literature on multiplication modules and rings, which has been scattered to date. This book organises and exposes them in a categorical framework by using functorial techniques. Multiplication modules and rings are framed inside commutative algebra, which is a basis for number theory and algebraic geometry. These include families of rings very important in ideal arithmetic such as regular von Neumann rings, Dedekind domains, hereditary rings or special primary rings. In the relative case, i.e., multiplication modules and rings with respect to a hereditary torsion theory, the most significant example is that of Krull domains (with respect to the classical torsion theory). As a consequence, we have an adequate setting to consider divisorial properties. As for the graded concept, it is possible to examine deep in the study of arithmetically graded rings such as generalized Rees rings, graded Dedekind domains, twisted group rings, etc. The book points out some different possibilities to deal with the topic, for example, semiring theory, lattice theory, comodule theory, etc.
Publisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781560728238
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The main aim of this book is to study the concept of multiplication objects from a categorical point of view, namely, in the setting of monoidal categories which are responsible for the narrow relationship between quantum groups and knot theory. At the same time, the book brings together the literature on multiplication modules and rings, which has been scattered to date. This book organises and exposes them in a categorical framework by using functorial techniques. Multiplication modules and rings are framed inside commutative algebra, which is a basis for number theory and algebraic geometry. These include families of rings very important in ideal arithmetic such as regular von Neumann rings, Dedekind domains, hereditary rings or special primary rings. In the relative case, i.e., multiplication modules and rings with respect to a hereditary torsion theory, the most significant example is that of Krull domains (with respect to the classical torsion theory). As a consequence, we have an adequate setting to consider divisorial properties. As for the graded concept, it is possible to examine deep in the study of arithmetically graded rings such as generalized Rees rings, graded Dedekind domains, twisted group rings, etc. The book points out some different possibilities to deal with the topic, for example, semiring theory, lattice theory, comodule theory, etc.
Tensor Categories
Author: Pavel Etingof
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470434415
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Is there a vector space whose dimension is the golden ratio? Of course not—the golden ratio is not an integer! But this can happen for generalizations of vector spaces—objects of a tensor category. The theory of tensor categories is a relatively new field of mathematics that generalizes the theory of group representations. It has deep connections with many other fields, including representation theory, Hopf algebras, operator algebras, low-dimensional topology (in particular, knot theory), homotopy theory, quantum mechanics and field theory, quantum computation, theory of motives, etc. This book gives a systematic introduction to this theory and a review of its applications. While giving a detailed overview of general tensor categories, it focuses especially on the theory of finite tensor categories and fusion categories (in particular, braided and modular ones), and discusses the main results about them with proofs. In particular, it shows how the main properties of finite-dimensional Hopf algebras may be derived from the theory of tensor categories. Many important results are presented as a sequence of exercises, which makes the book valuable for students and suitable for graduate courses. Many applications, connections to other areas, additional results, and references are discussed at the end of each chapter.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470434415
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Is there a vector space whose dimension is the golden ratio? Of course not—the golden ratio is not an integer! But this can happen for generalizations of vector spaces—objects of a tensor category. The theory of tensor categories is a relatively new field of mathematics that generalizes the theory of group representations. It has deep connections with many other fields, including representation theory, Hopf algebras, operator algebras, low-dimensional topology (in particular, knot theory), homotopy theory, quantum mechanics and field theory, quantum computation, theory of motives, etc. This book gives a systematic introduction to this theory and a review of its applications. While giving a detailed overview of general tensor categories, it focuses especially on the theory of finite tensor categories and fusion categories (in particular, braided and modular ones), and discusses the main results about them with proofs. In particular, it shows how the main properties of finite-dimensional Hopf algebras may be derived from the theory of tensor categories. Many important results are presented as a sequence of exercises, which makes the book valuable for students and suitable for graduate courses. Many applications, connections to other areas, additional results, and references are discussed at the end of each chapter.
Basic Concepts of Enriched Category Theory
Author: Gregory Maxwell Kelly
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521287029
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521287029
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Lectures on Tensor Categories and Modular Functors
Author: Bojko Bakalov
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821826867
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book gives an exposition of the relations among the following three topics: monoidal tensor categories (such as a category of representations of a quantum group), 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory, and 2-dimensional modular functors (which naturally arise in 2-dimensional conformal field theory). The following examples are discussed in detail: the category of representations of a quantum group at a root of unity and the Wess-Zumino-Witten modular functor. The idea that these topics are related first appeared in the physics literature in the study of quantum field theory. Pioneering works of Witten and Moore-Seiberg triggered an avalanche of papers, both physical and mathematical, exploring various aspects of these relations. Upon preparing to lecture on the topic at MIT, however, the authors discovered that the existing literature was difficult and that there were gaps to fill. The text is wholly expository and finely succinct. It gathers results, fills existing gaps, and simplifies some proofs. The book makes an important addition to the existing literature on the topic. It would be suitable as a course text at the advanced-graduate level.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821826867
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book gives an exposition of the relations among the following three topics: monoidal tensor categories (such as a category of representations of a quantum group), 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory, and 2-dimensional modular functors (which naturally arise in 2-dimensional conformal field theory). The following examples are discussed in detail: the category of representations of a quantum group at a root of unity and the Wess-Zumino-Witten modular functor. The idea that these topics are related first appeared in the physics literature in the study of quantum field theory. Pioneering works of Witten and Moore-Seiberg triggered an avalanche of papers, both physical and mathematical, exploring various aspects of these relations. Upon preparing to lecture on the topic at MIT, however, the authors discovered that the existing literature was difficult and that there were gaps to fill. The text is wholly expository and finely succinct. It gathers results, fills existing gaps, and simplifies some proofs. The book makes an important addition to the existing literature on the topic. It would be suitable as a course text at the advanced-graduate level.
Category Theory for Programmers (New Edition, Hardcover)
Author: Bartosz Milewski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780464243878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Category Theory is one of the most abstract branches of mathematics. It is usually taught to graduate students after they have mastered several other branches of mathematics, like algebra, topology, and group theory. It might, therefore, come as a shock that the basic concepts of category theory can be explained in relatively simple terms to anybody with some experience in programming.That's because, just like programming, category theory is about structure. Mathematicians discover structure in mathematical theories, programmers discover structure in computer programs. Well-structured programs are easier to understand and maintain and are less likely to contain bugs. Category theory provides the language to talk about structure and learning it will make you a better programmer.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780464243878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Category Theory is one of the most abstract branches of mathematics. It is usually taught to graduate students after they have mastered several other branches of mathematics, like algebra, topology, and group theory. It might, therefore, come as a shock that the basic concepts of category theory can be explained in relatively simple terms to anybody with some experience in programming.That's because, just like programming, category theory is about structure. Mathematicians discover structure in mathematical theories, programmers discover structure in computer programs. Well-structured programs are easier to understand and maintain and are less likely to contain bugs. Category theory provides the language to talk about structure and learning it will make you a better programmer.
Category Theory in Context
Author: Emily Riehl
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486820807
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Introduction to concepts of category theory — categories, functors, natural transformations, the Yoneda lemma, limits and colimits, adjunctions, monads — revisits a broad range of mathematical examples from the categorical perspective. 2016 edition.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486820807
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Introduction to concepts of category theory — categories, functors, natural transformations, the Yoneda lemma, limits and colimits, adjunctions, monads — revisits a broad range of mathematical examples from the categorical perspective. 2016 edition.
Homotopy of Operads and Grothendieck-Teichmuller Groups
Author: Benoit Fresse
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470434822
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
The ultimate goal of this book is to explain that the Grothendieck–Teichmüller group, as defined by Drinfeld in quantum group theory, has a topological interpretation as a group of homotopy automorphisms associated to the little 2-disc operad. To establish this result, the applications of methods of algebraic topology to operads must be developed. This volume is devoted primarily to this subject, with the main objective of developing a rational homotopy theory for operads. The book starts with a comprehensive review of the general theory of model categories and of general methods of homotopy theory. The definition of the Sullivan model for the rational homotopy of spaces is revisited, and the definition of models for the rational homotopy of operads is then explained. The applications of spectral sequence methods to compute homotopy automorphism spaces associated to operads are also explained. This approach is used to get a topological interpretation of the Grothendieck–Teichmüller group in the case of the little 2-disc operad. This volume is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in the applications of homotopy theory methods in operad theory. It is accessible to readers with a minimal background in classical algebraic topology and operad theory.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470434822
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
The ultimate goal of this book is to explain that the Grothendieck–Teichmüller group, as defined by Drinfeld in quantum group theory, has a topological interpretation as a group of homotopy automorphisms associated to the little 2-disc operad. To establish this result, the applications of methods of algebraic topology to operads must be developed. This volume is devoted primarily to this subject, with the main objective of developing a rational homotopy theory for operads. The book starts with a comprehensive review of the general theory of model categories and of general methods of homotopy theory. The definition of the Sullivan model for the rational homotopy of spaces is revisited, and the definition of models for the rational homotopy of operads is then explained. The applications of spectral sequence methods to compute homotopy automorphism spaces associated to operads are also explained. This approach is used to get a topological interpretation of the Grothendieck–Teichmüller group in the case of the little 2-disc operad. This volume is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in the applications of homotopy theory methods in operad theory. It is accessible to readers with a minimal background in classical algebraic topology and operad theory.
Infinity Operads And Monoidal Categories With Group Equivariance
Author: Donald Yau
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811250944
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
This monograph provides a coherent development of operads, infinity operads, and monoidal categories, equipped with equivariant structures encoded by an action operad. A group operad is a planar operad with an action operad equivariant structure. In the first three parts of this monograph, we establish a foundation for group operads and for their higher coherent analogues called infinity group operads. Examples include planar, symmetric, braided, ribbon, and cactus operads, and their infinity analogues. For example, with the tools developed here, we observe that the coherent ribbon nerve of the universal cover of the framed little 2-disc operad is an infinity ribbon operad.In Part 4 we define general monoidal categories equipped with an action operad equivariant structure and provide a unifying treatment of coherence and strictification for them. Examples of such monoidal categories include symmetric, braided, ribbon, and coboundary monoidal categories, which naturally arise in the representation theory of quantum groups and of coboundary Hopf algebras and in the theory of crystals of finite dimensional complex reductive Lie algebras.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811250944
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
This monograph provides a coherent development of operads, infinity operads, and monoidal categories, equipped with equivariant structures encoded by an action operad. A group operad is a planar operad with an action operad equivariant structure. In the first three parts of this monograph, we establish a foundation for group operads and for their higher coherent analogues called infinity group operads. Examples include planar, symmetric, braided, ribbon, and cactus operads, and their infinity analogues. For example, with the tools developed here, we observe that the coherent ribbon nerve of the universal cover of the framed little 2-disc operad is an infinity ribbon operad.In Part 4 we define general monoidal categories equipped with an action operad equivariant structure and provide a unifying treatment of coherence and strictification for them. Examples of such monoidal categories include symmetric, braided, ribbon, and coboundary monoidal categories, which naturally arise in the representation theory of quantum groups and of coboundary Hopf algebras and in the theory of crystals of finite dimensional complex reductive Lie algebras.
Monoidal Category Theory
Author: Noson S. Yanofsky
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262049392
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
A comprehensive, cutting-edge, and highly readable textbook that makes category theory and monoidal category theory accessible to students across the sciences. Category theory is a powerful framework that began in mathematics but has since expanded to encompass several areas of computing and science, with broad applications in many fields. In this comprehensive text, Noson Yanofsky makes category theory accessible to those without a background in advanced mathematics. Monoidal Category Theorydemonstrates the expansive uses of categories, and in particular monoidal categories, throughout the sciences. The textbook starts from the basics of category theory and progresses to cutting edge research. Each idea is defined in simple terms and then brought alive by many real-world examples before progressing to theorems and uncomplicated proofs. Richly guided exercises ground readers in concrete computation and application. The result is a highly readable and engaging textbook that will open the world of category theory to many. Makes category theory accessible to non-math majors Uses easy-to-understand language and emphasizes diagrams over equations Incremental, iterative approach eases students into advanced concepts A series of embedded mini-courses cover such popular topics as quantum computing, categorical logic, self-referential paradoxes, databases and scheduling, and knot theory Extensive exercises and examples demonstrate the broad range of applications of categorical structures Modular structure allows instructors to fit text to the needs of different courses Instructor resources include slides
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262049392
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
A comprehensive, cutting-edge, and highly readable textbook that makes category theory and monoidal category theory accessible to students across the sciences. Category theory is a powerful framework that began in mathematics but has since expanded to encompass several areas of computing and science, with broad applications in many fields. In this comprehensive text, Noson Yanofsky makes category theory accessible to those without a background in advanced mathematics. Monoidal Category Theorydemonstrates the expansive uses of categories, and in particular monoidal categories, throughout the sciences. The textbook starts from the basics of category theory and progresses to cutting edge research. Each idea is defined in simple terms and then brought alive by many real-world examples before progressing to theorems and uncomplicated proofs. Richly guided exercises ground readers in concrete computation and application. The result is a highly readable and engaging textbook that will open the world of category theory to many. Makes category theory accessible to non-math majors Uses easy-to-understand language and emphasizes diagrams over equations Incremental, iterative approach eases students into advanced concepts A series of embedded mini-courses cover such popular topics as quantum computing, categorical logic, self-referential paradoxes, databases and scheduling, and knot theory Extensive exercises and examples demonstrate the broad range of applications of categorical structures Modular structure allows instructors to fit text to the needs of different courses Instructor resources include slides
Categories for the Working Mathematician
Author: Saunders Mac Lane
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475747217
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An array of general ideas useful in a wide variety of fields. Starting from the foundations, this book illuminates the concepts of category, functor, natural transformation, and duality. It then turns to adjoint functors, which provide a description of universal constructions, an analysis of the representations of functors by sets of morphisms, and a means of manipulating direct and inverse limits. These categorical concepts are extensively illustrated in the remaining chapters, which include many applications of the basic existence theorem for adjoint functors. The categories of algebraic systems are constructed from certain adjoint-like data and characterised by Beck's theorem. After considering a variety of applications, the book continues with the construction and exploitation of Kan extensions. This second edition includes a number of revisions and additions, including new chapters on topics of active interest: symmetric monoidal categories and braided monoidal categories, and the coherence theorems for them, as well as 2-categories and the higher dimensional categories which have recently come into prominence.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475747217
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An array of general ideas useful in a wide variety of fields. Starting from the foundations, this book illuminates the concepts of category, functor, natural transformation, and duality. It then turns to adjoint functors, which provide a description of universal constructions, an analysis of the representations of functors by sets of morphisms, and a means of manipulating direct and inverse limits. These categorical concepts are extensively illustrated in the remaining chapters, which include many applications of the basic existence theorem for adjoint functors. The categories of algebraic systems are constructed from certain adjoint-like data and characterised by Beck's theorem. After considering a variety of applications, the book continues with the construction and exploitation of Kan extensions. This second edition includes a number of revisions and additions, including new chapters on topics of active interest: symmetric monoidal categories and braided monoidal categories, and the coherence theorems for them, as well as 2-categories and the higher dimensional categories which have recently come into prominence.