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Emily Riehl sees similarities between the viola, which she grew up playing, and the mathematical field of higher category theory, in which she is currently a leading participant. She thinks of the two ...

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Prof. Jiaheng Lu attended applied category theory 2025 conference and gave a presentation on applying category theory for multi-model databases. The 8th International Conference on Applied Category ...

Category theory is an advanced topic in mathematics that is more often encountered in graduate than undergraduate studies, and it is a remarkable achievement to be able to present it so accessibly for ...