Freyd

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Freyd is Peter Freyd, an American mathematician known for his influential work in category theory and contributions to knot theory.

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instanceOf American mathematician
human
mathematician
academicDiscipline pure mathematics
affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
coAuthor Andre Scedrov
Gary M. Kelly
John W. Gray
Saunders Mac Lane
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
doctoralAdvisor Norman Steenrod
doctoralStudent Andre Scedrov
Gary M. Kelly
John W. Gray
educatedAt Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
employer University of Pennsylvania
familyName Freyd
fieldOfWork category theory
knot theory
mathematics
gender male
givenName Peter
hasResearchInterest foundations of category theory
homological algebra
homotopy theory
topology
influenced categorical approaches to homotopy theory
development of modern category theory
influencedBy Norman Steenrod
Saunders Mac Lane
knownFor Freyd–Mitchell embedding theorem
contributions to knot theory
foundational work in category theory
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Mathematical Society
name Peter Freyd
notableConcept Freyd category
Freyd–Kelly factorization system
notableStudent Andre Scedrov
Gary M. Kelly
John W. Gray
notableWork Freyd–Mitchell embedding theorem
abelian categories
adjoint functor theorems
algebraic theories
homotopy theory in categorical context
occupation university teacher

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Peter Freyd familyName Freyd
subject linked to: Freyd
HOMFLY-PT polynomial namedAfter Freyd
subject linked to: Józef H. Przytycki
HOMFLY-PT polynomial namedAfter Freyd
subject linked to: Paweł Traczyk