| Content | Time and Place | Chat | Material | Plan | Exams |
Category Theory (WiSe 2026/27)
Lecture 2 hours, Xu; exercises 2 hours, Xu, Maio, Guerdi.
Content
The lecture is a first introduction to category theory, following the book Category Theory by Awodey.
Time and Place
TBA
Chat
Zulip Stream #TCS-26W27-CT
Material
The lecture follows the book
- Steve Awodey: Category Theory, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press, 2006
Hand-written lecture notes will be made available during the course of the semester.
For mock exams, see Exams below.
Additional resources:
Tom Leinster, Basic Category Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2014
Emily Riehl, Category Theory in Context
Bartosz Milewski, Category Theory for Programmers
Plan
| Termin | Inhalte |
|---|---|
| 12.10 | Book Chapter 1, Categories |
| 19.10 | Book Chapter 2, Abstract structures |
| 26.10 | Book Chapter 3, Duality |
| 02.11 | Book Chapter 4, Groups and categories |
| 09.11 | Book Chapter 5, Limits and colimits |
| 16.11 | Book Chapter 5, Limits and colimits |
| 23.11 | Book Chapter 6, Exponentials |
| 30.11 | Book Chapter 7, Naturality |
| 07.12 | Book Chapter 8, Categories of diagrams |
| 14.12 | Book Chapter 8, Categories of diagrams |
| 21.12 | Book Chapter 9, Adjoints |
| winter break | |
| 11.01 | Book Chapter 9, Adjoints |
| 18.01 | Book Chapter 10, Monads and algebras |
| 25.01 | Book Chapter 10, Monads and algebras |
| 01.02 | TBA |
