17 Dec
2009
17 Dec
'09
11:30 p.m.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:12:53 -0800 John Baez wrote,
... older category theorists ... fought to convince the world that category theory was worthwhile. Some feel they lost that fight.
They won it ... but how prevalent is the subject in undergraduate programs? Vector algebra and analysis wasn't taught to engineers until what, 1900 or later. Now it is ubiquitous. Absolutely no offense to existing books but what about an energetic mathematician or two writing a _Schaum's Outline of Category Theory_? I'd expect it to sell off the shelves initially. Regards, ... Peter E. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]