Jayson_Virissimo comments on Book Review: Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists (MIRI course list) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 20 September 2013 10:50:29PM 5 points [-]

What counts as nonspecific mathematical knowledge?

Comment author: kerspoon 23 September 2013 08:58:56AM 2 points [-]

I found it difficult to follow (especially in later chapters) not because I lacked any particular knowledge, but because I am not used to the sort of mathematical analysis that was being done.

It didn't assume a particular knowledge but it gets very complicated in a short number of pages and I think people who are not comfortable in some area of mathematics would struggle.