@themattsimpson @sarahdoingthing So Set contains all sets and all functions, Top contains all topological spaces & continuous maps, etc.
@St_Rev Rota and Birkhoff were buddies, though so I may be misremembering based on stories he told.
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@Meaningness Rota might have used notes from http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Saunders-MacLane/dp/B00195S818?tag=duckduckgo-ffsb-20 … but http://www.amazon.com/Categories-Working-Mathematician-Graduate-Mathematics/dp/0387984038/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 … is the standard reference. - 5 more replies
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