Lecture Videos
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Session 1 Chapter 1: Generative Effects: Orders and Adjunctions Part 1 by Dr. David I. Spivak |
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Session 2 Chapter 1: Generative Effects: Orders and Adjunctions Part 2 by Dr. Brendan Fong |
Readings
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Chapter 1: Generative Effects: Orders and Adjunctions (PDF)
1.1 More than the sum of their parts
1.1.1 A first look at generative effects
1.1.2 Ordering systems
1.2 What is order?
1.2.1 Review of sets, relations, and functions
1.2.2 Preorders
1.2.3 Monotone maps
1.3 Meets and joins
1.3.1 Definition and basic examples
1.3.2 Back to observations and generative effects
1.4 Galois connections
1.4.1 Definition and examples of Galois connections
1.4.2 Back to partitions
1.4.3 Basic theory of Galois connections
1.4.4 Closure operators
1.4.5 Level shifting
1.5 Summary and further reading
Assignment
Problem set 1 (PDF) due at the beginning of Session 6.
