Weatherall, James Owen (2015) Categories and the Foundations of Classical Field Theories. [Preprint]

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Abstract

I review some recent work on applications of category theory to questions concerning theoretical structure and theoretical equivalence of classical field theories, including Newtonian gravitation, general relativity, and Yang-Mills theories.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Weatherall, James Owen weatherj@uci.edu
Additional Information:	Written for the volume "Categories for the Working Philosopher", edited by Elaine Landry
Keywords:	category theory; theoretical equivalence; Newtonian gravitation; general relativity; Yang-Mills theory; gauge theory; categorical equivalence
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User:	James Owen Weatherall
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2016 13:07
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2016 13:07
Item ID:	11880
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics
Date:	2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11880

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