functor
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2FUNCTOR + NOUN
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noun
A function word.
A function object.
A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows (either covariantly or contravariantly), in such a way as to preserve morphism composition and identities.
In the category of categories #92;mathbf#123;Cat#125; the objects are categories and the morphisms are functors.
1991, Natalie Wadhwa (translator), Yu. A. Brudnyǐ, N. Ya. Krugljak, Interpolation Functors and Interpolation Spaces, Volume I, Elsevier (North-Holland), page 143, Choosing for U the operation of closure, regularization or relative completion, we obtain from a given functor ℱ∈𝒥ℱ the functors ◌̅F: overrightarrow X→◌̅F( overrightarrow X),F⁰: overrightarrow X→F( overrightarrow X)⁰,Fᶜ: overrightarrow X→F( overrightarrow X)ᶜ.
A structure allowing a function to apply within a generic type, in a way that is conceptually similar to a functor in category theory.
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3In the category of categories #92;mathbf#123;Cat#125; the objects are categories and the morphisms are functors.
Wiktionary1991, Natalie Wadhwa (translator), Yu. A. Brudnyǐ, N. Ya. Krugljak, Interpolation Functors and Interpolation Spaces, Volume I, Elsevier (North-Holland), page 143, Choosing for U the operation of closu
WiktionaryGiven a homotopical category X and a functor u#58;A#92;rightarrowB, a homotopical u-colimit (resp. u-limit) functor on X will be a homotopically terminal (resp. initial) Kan extension of the identity
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