Categories and Types in Logic, Language, and Physics: Essays dedicated to Jim Lambek on the Occasion of this 90th Birthday (Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues)

ISBN 10: 3642547885 / ISBN 13: 9783642547881

Published by Springer, 2014

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Title: Categories and Types in Logic, Language, and...

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

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For more than 60 years, Jim Lambek has been a profoundly inspirational mathematician, with groundbreaking contributions to algebra, category theory, linguistics, theoretical physics, logic and proof theory. This Festschrift was put together on the occasion of his 90th birthday. The papers in it give a good picture of the multiple research areas where the impact of Jim Lambek's work can be felt. The volume includes contributions by prominent researchers and by their students, showing how Jim Lambek's ideas keep inspiring upcoming generations of scholars.