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adjoint functors

adjoint functors is the plural of adjoint functor.

Meaning of adjoint functor

Noun

adjoint functor (plural adjoint functors)

  1. One of a pair of functors such that the domain and codomain of one of them are identical to the codomain and domain of the other one, respectively, and such that there is a pair of natural transformations which turns the pair of functors into an adjunction.

Questions about adjoint functors

What is adjoint functors the plural of?
Adjoint functors is the plural of adjoint functor.

Words near adjoint functors in the dictionary

  1. adjoineth
  2. adjoining
  3. adjoins
  4. adjoint
  5. adjoint functor
  6. adjoint functors
  7. adjointable
  8. adjointly
  9. adjointness
  10. adjointnesses
  11. adjoints

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