Relation algebra is not relational algebra

27 points by aphaelion a day ago on lobsters | 2 comments

andyc | 20 hours ago

This blog post could be much better if it included some concrete examples and consequences

Corbin | 4 hours ago

If I am reading correctly, relational algebra studies arrows of an allegory (WP, nLab), while relation algebra studies endomorphisms of one particular object in an allegory. Allegories merely generalize the category of sets and relations. We don't have to have boring nomenclature; for example, my study of functors of allegories is called fictional-universe theory.