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082			_a515.782 _bCLA
100			_aClark, David M
245			_aNatural dualities for the working algebraist
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c1998.
300			_axii, 356p. : ill. ; _bhb, _c24 cm.
365			_aGBP _b120.00
440			_aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; 57
504			_aBibliography: p341-347. - Includes index.
520			_aThe theory of natural dualities, as presented in this text, is broad enough to encompass many known dualities through a rich assortment of substantive theorems, yet concrete enough to be used to generate an array of previously undiscovered dualities. This text will serve as a user manual for algebraists, for category theorists and for those who use algebra in their work, particularly mathematicians and computer scientists interested in non-classical logics. It will also give the specialist a complete account of the foundations, leading to the research frontier of this rapidly developing field. As the first text devoted to the theory of Natural Dualities, it provides an efficient path through a large body of results, examples and applications in this subject which is otherwise available only in scattered research papers. To enable the book to be used in courses, each chapter ends with an extensive exercise set. Several fundamental unsolved problems are included.
650			_aDuality theory
650			_aMathematics
650			_aAnalysis
700			_aDavey, Brian A.
942			_cTD