Introducing categories to the practicing physicist

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dc.creatorCoecke, Bob
dc.date2008-08-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:17:54Z
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dc.descriptionWe argue that category theory should become a part of the daily practice of the physicist, and more specific, the quantum physicist and/or informatician. The reason for this is not that category theory is a better way of doing mathematics, but that monoidal categories constitute the actual algebra of practicing physics. We will not provide rigorous definitions or anything resembling a coherent mathematical theory, but we will take the reader for a journey introducing concepts which are part of category theory in a manner that the physicist will recognize them.
dc.description30 pages and 19 pictures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0808.1032
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0808.1032
dc.identifierWhat is category theory? Advanced Studies in Mathematics and Logic, volume 30, pages 45-74, Polimetrica Publishing, 2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/174015
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectCategory Theory
dc.subjectLogic
dc.titleIntroducing categories to the practicing physicist
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