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Re:Emily Riehl is rewriting the foundations of higher catego... by griffzhowl on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:05AM (#45747784)
You could take a look at Topology: A Categorical Approach by Bradley, Bryson and Terilla.

It's a crisp, slim book, presenting topology categorically (so the title is appropriate). It both deepens the undergraduate-level understanding of topology and serves as an extended example of how category theory is actually used to clarify the conceptual structure of a mathematical field, so it's a way to see how the flesh is put on the bare bones of the categorical concepts.

It's also available for free online:

https://topology.mitpress.mit.edu/

Re:Emily Riehl is rewriting the foundations of higher catego... by griffzhowl on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:06PM (#45748773)
Actually this is a better source for it because it includes a pdf of the table of contents and links to supplementary videos

https://jterilla.github.io/TopologyBook/