TL;DR
This paper introduces the concept of Kan extension in category theory and demonstrates how it generalizes fundamental concepts like representables, adjoints, limits, and monads.
Contribution
It defines Kan extension and shows its unifying role in encompassing key category theory concepts.
Findings
Kan extension generalizes representables, adjoints, limits, and monads.
Provides a unified framework for fundamental category theory concepts.
Enhances understanding of categorical structures through this unification.
Abstract
The basic concepts in category theory are representables, adjoints, limits, and monads. In this talk, we define the notion of a Kan extension and show that this notion encompasses these concepts.
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