Re:Category Theory, Syntactically (2016)
by Xophmeister on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:04AM
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More recipe books should be written by mathematicians ;)
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Euginia Cheng, a category theorist, has written Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths, and How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics.
Re:Category Theory, Syntactically (2016)
by seanmcdirmid on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:57AM
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Fascinating! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia_Cheng
She even appeared on the late show (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mA402F5K47o).
Re:Category Theory, Syntactically (2016)
by andrzejsz on Thursday April 27, 2017 @02:57PM
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This first title disappeared in favor of the second that is "How to bake Pi" I guess pure marketing move
Re:Category Theory, Syntactically (2016)
by danidiaz on Thursday April 27, 2017 @05:03PM
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Indeed, like "Burritos for the Hungry Mathematician" http://emorehouse.web.wesleyan.edu/silliness/burrito_monads....
After the proof that one may substitute slivered almonds for chopped crystalized fruit, I have a lemma that says one may substitute slivered almonds for a subset of the chopped crystalized fruit.