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From the same page: > The Mathemagician’s Axiom of Textbook Prerequisites: Let M be the minimum actual prerequisites for an average student being able to read
by guerrilla 6y ago
From the same page:
> The Mathemagician’s Axiom of Textbook Prerequisites: Let M be the minimum actual prerequisites for an average student being able to read and understand a given presentation of a subject in a mathematics textbook. Let A be the author’s stated prerequisites. Then usually: A <<<<<<< M
> ... My intended audience might be described as peri-graduate students, ranging from advanced mathematics undergraduates, to graduate students, to perhaps even research mathematicians in other disciplines.
- einpoklum 6y agoSo, you're saying a well-read Ph.D. in abstract math is the pre-requisite for reading that book?
- tooltower 6y agoRegardless of your level, just remember to set your pacing expectations. It's perfectly okay if you are going slow, it's really information-dense. I have no background in abstract math. It took me three days to make it through the first paragraph. I'd still recommend it.
- howling 6y agoI think the prerequisite for "Category Theory in Context" is a grasp of basic category theory ((co-)limits, Yoneda lemma, adjoint functor theorems, etc). You should also have some interest in an abstract maths field that requires all these category theory machinery. So a graduate student in abstract maths sounds about right.
- mkw5053 6y agoI went through it with some background abstract algebra and functional programming