Applications of categories in computer science
Subtitle: proceedings of the LMS Symposium, Durham 1991
By: edited by M.P. Fourman, P.T. Johnstone, A.M. Pitts.
Contributors: Fourman, M. P., 1950-; Johnstone, P. T.; Pitts, A. M.
Series: London Mathematical Society lecture note series ;; 177
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Computer science -- Mathematics -- Congresses.; Categories (Mathematics) -- Congresses.
Description: Category theory and related topics of mathematics have been increasingly applied to computer science in recent years. This book contains selected papers from the London Mathematical Society Symposium on the subject which was held at the University of Durham. Participants at the conference were leading computer scientists and mathematicians working in the area and this volume reflects the excitement and importance of the meeting. All the papers have been refereed and represent some of the most important and current ideas. Hence this book will be essential to mathematicians and computer scientists working in the applications of category theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"The London Mathematical Society Symposium on Applications of Categories in Computer Science took place ... at the University of Durham from 20 to 30 July 1991."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Computational comonads and intensional semantics / Stephen Brookes, Shai Geva; title: Weakly distributive categories / J.R.B. Cockett, R.A.G. Seely; title: Sequentiality and full abstraction / P.-L. Curien; title: Remarks on algebraically compact categories / Peter Freyd; title: Dinaturality for free / Peter J. Freyd, Edmund P. Robinson, Giuseppe Rosolini; title: Simply typed and untyped lambda calculus revisited / Bart Jacobs; title: Modelling reduction in confluent categories / C. Barry Jay; title: On clubs and data-type constructors / G.M. Kelly; title: Penrose diagrams and 2-dimensional rewriting / Yves Lafont; title: Strong monads, algebras and fixed points / Philip S. Mulry; title: Semantics of local variables / P.W. O'Hearn, R.D. Tennent; title: Using fibrations to understand subtypes / Wesley Phoa; title: Reasoning about sequential functions via logical relations / Kurt Sieber; title: I-categories and duality / M.B. Smyth; title: Geometric theories and databases / Steven Vickers; title: Partial products, bagdomains and hyperlocal toposes / P.T. Johnstone.