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Category theory, K theory and homological algebra are interrelated branches of mathematics that comprise a powerful conceptual framework for studying structures and their interconnections. Category ...

Homotopy theory is a cornerstone of modern algebraic topology, concerned with the study of spaces up to continuous deformations. This approach characterises topological spaces by their intrinsic ...

As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? I wanted to be a mathematician, a pianist, a pastry chef, a newsreader, a Blue Peter presenter, be on a TV cooking show, be in a shampoo advert. I ...

Robert Hazen and Michael Wong discuss their bold proposal for a new law of nature, centered around the idea that information is as fundamental to the cosmos as mass, energy or charge. Most organic ...