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SUO: Category Theory Unplugged




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CTU.  Note 1

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If I had to distill the practical insights leading up to
category theory down to a few lines, I think it would be
a sesquibit like this:

0.  Not of necessity in that order:

1.  It is useful to keep track of type coincidences.

2.  It is useful to keep track of type distinctions.

To be continued ...

Jon Awbrey

P.S.  I have now copied out as far as the basic definition
of a "category" in Mac Lane's 'Cat Work Math'.  It is here:

http://suo.ieee.org/ontology/msg04796.html

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