2023/2024
Introduction to Category Theory and Homological Algebra
Type:
Optional course (faculty)
Delivered by:
Faculty of Mathematics
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Alexander Pavlov
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
72
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The theory of categories provides tools for studying the relations between different areas of mathematics, especially between topology, geometry, and algebra. Homological algebra in particular grew out algebraic topology and is now widely used in representation theory and algebraic geometry.