Re: invitation + introduction

Posted by Grant Holland on Apr 09, 2010; 7:16pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/invitation-introduction-tp4862386p4879032.html

I second Owen's request. Could you discuss how it can be applied to CAS?

Thanks,
Grant

Owen Densmore wrote:

On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:10 PM, John Kennison [hidden email] wrote:

  

Hi Leigh,

<snip>
Nick introduced me to Rosen’s “Life Itself” and I have skimmed some articles by Rosen.  I am both fascinated and disappointed by Rosen’s work. Fascinated by what Rosen says about the need to develop radically different kinds of models to deal with biological phenomena and disappointed by Rosen’s heavy-handed stabs at developing such models. And yet still stimulated because I have enough ego to believe that with my mathematical and category-theoretic background, I might succeed where Rosen failed.
    

Category theory has been mentioned several times, especially in the early days of friam. Could you help us out and discuss how it could be applied here? CT certainly looks fascinating but thus far I've failed to grasp it.  I'd love a concrete example (like how to address Rosen's world) of it's use, and possibly a good introduction (book, article). 

    ---- Owen


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