category

Summary

category ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (588 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• category is credited with the discovery of Samuel Eilenberg^[2].
• category is credited with the discovery of Saunders Mac Lane^[3].
• category followed class^[4].
• category was followed by bicategory^[5].
• category was followed by strict 2-category^[6].
• category is a type of weak n-category^[7].
• category's quantity symbol is recorded as C^[8].
• category comprises object of a category^[9].
• category comprises morphism^[10].
• category's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1945^[11].
• category's series ordinal is recorded as 1^[12].
• category's different from is recorded as Category^[13].
• category's studied by is recorded as category theory^[14].
• category's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[15].
• category's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

category is a type of weak n-category^[7].

Use and Application

Components include object of a category^[9], a mathematical term^[17] and morphism^[10].

Why It Matters

category ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (588 views/month).^[1] category has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] category is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]