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.
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More on Topology and Topological Spaces:
Borsuk-Ulam Theorem: http://bit.ly/BorsukUlam
Topology and Gluing Diagrams: http://bit.ly/2Bdj49i

More on Groups and Examples:
Brief Introduction: http://bit.ly/2tIFw77
Elliptic Curves Example: http://bit.ly/2L0LsQl
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