Textbook
All readings and assignments are from the textbook, which is available online:
Spivak, David I. Category Theory for Scientists, 2013.
Key to the Readings
Chapter 1.1–1.3 means:
Read: Chapter 1, sections 1, 2, and 3.
Homework Assignments
Homework assignments are worth 33% of the final grade, are collected weekly, and are due during the session listed.
| SES # | READINGS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chapter 1–Chapter 2.2 | All exercises in sections 2.1, 2.2 |
| 5 | Chapter 2.3–2.5 | Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5: your choice of four exercises in each section |
| 8 | Chapter 2.6–Chapter 3.1 | Sections 2.6, 2.7, 3.1: your choice of four exercises in each section |
| 12 | Chapter 3.2–3.4 | Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4: your choice of four exercises in each section |
| 15 | Chapter 3.5–Chapter 4.1 |
Section 3.5: your choice of four exercises Section 4.1: your choice of eight exercises |
| 18 | Chapter 4.2 |
Section 4.1, after 4.1.2.24: your choice of four exercises Section 4.2: your choice of eight exercises |
| 21 | Chapter 4.3–4.5.1 | Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.1: your choice of four exercises in each section |
| 25 |
Chapter 4.5 Literature review: Find past work on your proposed topic |
Sections 4.5.2, 4.5.3: your choice of four exercises in each section Begin research on your final project |
| 27 | Chapter 4.6.1–Chapter 5.1.3 | Sections 4.6, 5.1 (up through 5.1.3): your choice of three exercises in each section |
| 28 | Chapter 5.1.4–5.2 | Sections 5.1.4, 5.2: your choice of three exercises in each section |
| 30 | Chapter 5.3 |
Section 5.3: your choice of three exercises Final project due |
| 35 | Chapter 5.4 |
Section 5.4: your choice of two exercises Summarize your experience in this class |
Perhaps also of Interest
Baez, John C., and Mike Stay. “Physics, Topology, Logic, and Computation: A Rosetta Stone.” March 2, 2009.
Gromov, Misha. “In a Search for a Structure, Part 1: On Entropy.” (PDF) July 10, 2012.
Weinstein, Alan. “Groupoids Unifying Internal and External Symmetry: A Tour through Some Examples.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society 43 (1996): 744–52.
