Introduction to Categories, Homological Algebra and Sheaf Cohomology

Categories, homological algebra, sheaves and their cohomology furnish useful methods for attacking problems in a variety of mathematical fields.

J. R. Strooker (Author)

9780521095259, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 January 2009

260 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg

Categories, homological algebra, sheaves and their cohomology furnish useful methods for attacking problems in a variety of mathematical fields. This textbook provides an introduction to these methods, describing their elements and illustrating them by examples.

1. General concepts
2. Internal structure of categories
3. Homological algebra
4. Sheaves and their cohomology.

Subject Areas: Mathematical foundations [PBC]