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# An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality

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Category theory is unmatched in its ability to organize and layer abstractions and to find commonalities between structures of all sorts. No longer the exclusive preserve of pure mathematicians, it is now proving itself to be a powerful tool in science, informatics, and industry. By facilitating communication between communities and building rigorous bridges between disparate worlds, applied category theory has the potential to be a major organizing force. This book offers a self-contained tour of applied category theory. Each chapter follows a single thread motivated by a real-world application and discussed with category-theoretic tools. We see data migration as an adjoint functor, electrical circuits in terms of monoidal categories and operads, and collaborative design via enriched profunctors. All the relevant category theory, from simple to sophisticated, is introduced in an accessible way with many examples and exercises, making this an ideal guide even for those without experience of university-level mathematics.

Review: Pulls functors into the mainstream - A huge improvement over all the other category theory books where all the examples are from 20th century pure math and all the morphisms are functions. Especially the last chapter.
Review: Composition Theory - Category Theorists often joke that they work on Abstract nonsense but really what they work on is the study of compositionality which shows up computational graphs like circuits and neural networks and mathematical proofs. Learning Category Theory is a lot like learning programming, you’ll be able to express proofs in a much more succinct way after investing some time learning the new opaque terminology.

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| Best Sellers Rank | #1,103,922 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #154 in Mathematical Logic #335 in Algebra & Trigonometry #375 in Algebra |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 147 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pulls functors into the mainstream
*by O***M on April 21, 2024*

A huge improvement over all the other category theory books where all the examples are from 20th century pure math and all the morphisms are functions. Especially the last chapter.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Composition Theory
*by M***M on June 15, 2020*

Category Theorists often joke that they work on Abstract nonsense but really what they work on is the study of compositionality which shows up computational graphs like circuits and neural networks and mathematical proofs. Learning Category Theory is a lot like learning programming, you’ll be able to express proofs in a much more succinct way after investing some time learning the new opaque terminology.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very enjoyable
*by D***S on March 6, 2021*

Engaging and well written. I'm learning and enjoying as I (slowly) go along. I was attracted to this book because it has lots of exercises with solutions. As an adult learner who has rediscovered math, this book is encouraging me to keep going. I really appreciate that. Layout is easy on the eyes, too.

## Frequently Bought Together

- An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality
- Category Theory for the Sciences (Mit Press)
- Category Theory in Context (Aurora: Dover Modern Math Originals)

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