Categories and the Foundations of Classical Field Theories
History and Philosophy of Physics
2016-01-26 v3
Abstract
I review some recent work on applications of category theory to questions concerning theoretical structure and theoretical equivalence of classical field theories, including Newtonian gravitation, general relativity, and Yang-Mills theories.
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@article{arxiv.1505.07084,
title = {Categories and the Foundations of Classical Field Theories},
author = {James Owen Weatherall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.07084},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
26 pages. Written for a volume entitled "Categories for the Working Philosopher", edited by Elaine Landry