Monads and generalized elements
by John from John D. Cook on (#4BR71)
Paolo Perrone gives a nice, succinct motivation for monads in the introduction to his article on probability and monads.
" a monad is like a consistent way of extending spaces to include generalized elements of a specific kind.
He develops this idea briefly, and links to his dissertation where he gives a longer exposition (pages 8-14).
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