Set Theory and Introductory Category Theory

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 3 credits from MATH 3111, 3211, 3221; or permission of the Department This course provides an introduction to set theory via the basic ideas of category theory. Topics may include: categories, types of arrows in categories, limits and colimits, mapping sets, cardinals and ordinals, and the axiom of choice. (Format: Lecture 3 hours) (Exclusion: MATH 3011)