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(→‎English, please?: Still having a hard time, alas)
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: I've drafted something.  Does it help any?  Criticize away, ... [[User:Peter Lyall Easthope|Peter Lyall Easthope]] 14:55, 18 May 2008 (CDT)
: I've drafted something.  Does it help any?  Criticize away, ... [[User:Peter Lyall Easthope|Peter Lyall Easthope]] 14:55, 18 May 2008 (CDT)


:: I'm having a bit of struggle seeing the common thread among the examples in the intro - and between them and the examples at the end of the article. Perhaps you could explain the concept in words, at slightly more length than "two mathematical concepts .. the object and the map or morphism"? Having done that, having some examples follow might then be more illuminating. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 15:24, 18 May 2008 (CDT)
:: I'm having a bit of struggle seeing the common thread among the examples in the intro - and between them and the examples at the end of the article. Perhaps you could explain the concept in words, at slightly more length than "two mathematical concepts .. the object and the map or morphism"? Having done that, having some examples following that text might then be more illuminating. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 15:24, 18 May 2008 (CDT)

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English, please?

An introductory section in English that someone with 'only' beginning college math might understand is desireable. J. Noel Chiappa 07:24, 18 May 2008 (CDT)

I've drafted something. Does it help any? Criticize away, ... Peter Lyall Easthope 14:55, 18 May 2008 (CDT)
I'm having a bit of struggle seeing the common thread among the examples in the intro - and between them and the examples at the end of the article. Perhaps you could explain the concept in words, at slightly more length than "two mathematical concepts .. the object and the map or morphism"? Having done that, having some examples following that text might then be more illuminating. J. Noel Chiappa 15:24, 18 May 2008 (CDT)
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