Subject: categories: Re: A challenge (Re: Demystifying the categorical approach)

From: jim stasheff <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:51:57 -0400

F. Scott Williams has similar praise for
"Conceptual Mathematics" by Lawvere and Schanuel
in the latest NAM newsletter and for an even broader
range of students.

jim

Wojtowicz, Ralph wrote:
>> Steve Stevenson wrote:
>> As an outsider, let me say something about outsiders in this.
>> In a word, "Where's the rosetta stone?"
>
>>From my experience, "Conceptual Mathematics" by Lawvere and Schanuel
> can serve as a Rosetta stone for undergraduate students interested
> in dynamic systems. I had the opportunity to use "Conceptual
> Mathematics" as a reference in an upper-level applied math class
> at the University of Dallas. Sample course materials are available at:
> http://www.adjoint-functors.net/teaching/notes1.pdf
> http://www.adjoint-functors.net/teaching/exam1.pdf
> http://www.adjoint-functors.net/teaching/quiz3.pdf
> http://www.adjoint-functors.net/teaching/lifeS.pdf
> Lawvere's definitions of symbolic dynamics and chaos were of
> particular interest to the students and to me.

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