What is a Category? | Nathan Dalaklis

Categories and Functors can be pretty mindboggling mathematical objects to wrap your head around if you’re not used to abstract math, but they come up as useful tools to study different structures in mathematics and beyond. So... What is a Category? Here I introduce the definition of a Category and Functor and give a few examples of each. _____________________ More on Topology and Topological Spaces: Borsuk-Ulam Theorem: Topology and Gluing Diagrams: More on Groups and Examples: Brief Introduction: Elliptic Curves Example: _____________________ _____________________ Last video: The CHALKboard: Find the CHALKboard on Facebook: _____________________ Interested in the person behind the camera? See what Nathan’s up to on these platforms! Instagram: Twitter: _____________________ ---------------------------------- #CHALK #CategoryTheory #Functor _____________________ ----------------------------------