Course: Theory of Cathegories

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Course title Theory of Cathegories
Course code KAG/TK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Botur Michal, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Halaš Radomír, prof. Mgr. Dr.
  • Pócs Jozef, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Objects and morphisms, types of morphisms (monomorphisms, epimorphisms, isomorphisms). 2. Isomorphic categories. Similar categories. 3. Fibres in categories, subobjects and factor objects. 4. Projective and inductive construction of objects. 5. Functors in category theory.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
understand basics of category theory.
5. Synthesis Summarizes and enlarges knowledges about morphisms in concrete algebraic structures.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Credit: activity during seminars. Exam: the student has to understand the subject and be able to prove the principal results.
Recommended literature
  • Adámek. (1982). Matematické struktury a kategorie. SNTL, Praha.
  • Awodey S. (2010). Category Theory. Oxford University Press.
  • Leinster T. (2014). Basic Category Theory. Cambridge University Press.


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