Questions tagged [category-theory]
Categories are structures containing objects and arrows between them. Many mathematical structures can be viewed as objects of a category, with structure-preserving morphisms as arrows. Reformulating properties of mathematical objects in the general language of category can help one see connections between seemingly different areas of mathematics.
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What is the use of categorical quantum mechanics?
I recently noticed that Oxford's computer science department has started offering a grad course on categorical quantum mechanics. Apparently they say that it is relevant for the study of quantum ...
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