Download or read book Locally Presentable and Accessible Categories written by Jiri Adamek (ing) and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-03-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First the concepts of [lambda]-presentable objects, locally [lambda]-presentable categories, and [lambda]-accessible categories are discussed in detail. The authors go on to prove that Freyd's essentially algebraic categories are precisely the locally presentable categories. In the final chapter they treat some advanced topics in model theory. For researchers in category theory, algebra, computer science, and model theory, this book will be a necessary purchase.