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Categorical Structures in Physics

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I give a brief exposition of some categoriesrelated to the mathematical representation of physicalsystems; namely smooth spaces, defined as spaces withcoherent sets of curves and functions, and Hilbert geometries, considered as specializations ofstate spaces to the case of entities.

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Moore, D.J. Categorical Structures in Physics. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 37, 121–126 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026673508514

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