Category Theory and Higher Dimensional Algebra: potential descriptive tools in neuroscience
Category Theory
2008-02-10 v2
Abstract
We explain the notion of colimit in category theory as a potential tool for describing structures and their communication, and the notion of higher dimensional algebra as a potential yoga for dealing with processes and processes of processes.
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@article{arxiv.math/0306223,
title = {Category Theory and Higher Dimensional Algebra: potential descriptive tools in neuroscience},
author = {R. Brown and T. Porter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0306223},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
11 pages, Submitted to the Proceedings of the International Conference on Neuroscience, Delhi, Feb 24-26, 2003 v2. small corrections, and updated references. 10 Feb 2008