Robert Rosebrugh
Robert Rosebrugh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Rosebrugh |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University |
| Thesis | Abstract Families of Algebras (1977) |
| Academic advisor | Robert Paré |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Sub-discipline | Category theory |
| Institutions | Mount Allison University |
Robert Rosebrugh is a Canadian category theorist and database theorist. He earned his PhD in mathematics in 1977 at Dalhousie University under the supervision of Robert Paré. He is a professor emeritus at Mount Allison University. He is a founding editor of the journal Theory and Applications of Categories and served as the managing editor from its founding in 1995 until 2020.[1][2]
Prior to the journal, in 1990 Rosebrugh created Categories, an internet bulletin board for category theory.[1] In 2003, along with William Lawvere, Rosebrugh published a book using categorical algebra as a foundation and described the category of sets for a structural set theory.[3] Rosebrugh connected two theoretical approaches to database view updates to lenses, a type of object studied in category theory, in a 2010 paper.[4]
The journal Theory and Applications of Categories had a festschrift in his honor in 2021[1]
References
- ^ a b c Gran, Marino; Johnson, Michael; Tholen, Walter; Wood, R. J. (2021-03-01). "In appreciation of Bob Rosebrugh" (PDF). Theory and Applications of Categories. 36: 1–8.
- ^ Rosebrugh, Bob (6 Jan 1995). "Electronic Journal on Category Theory".
- ^ Lawvere, Francis W.; Rosebrugh, Robert, eds. (2003). Sets for mathematics. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-01060-3.
- ^ Michael Johnson; Richard Wood; Robert Rosebrugh, Algebras and Update Strategies, Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz, doi:10.3217/JUCS-016-05-0729, retrieved 2025-10-18