This paper describes the historical background and motivation involved in the discovery (or invention) of Chu categories.
Keywords: Chu categories, *-autonomous categories, history
2000 MSC: 18-03, 01A65, 18D15
Theory and Applications of Categories,
Vol. 17, 2006,
No. 1, pp 10-16.
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