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functorially

functorially adverb: in a functorial manner.

Adverb

functorially (not comparable)

  1. In a functorial manner.
    • Building on work of Iyama, Reiten, Thomas, and Todorov, we show that this directed graph is a semidistributive lattice by using the isomorphism to the lattice of functorially finite torsion classes of the corresponding cluster-tilted algebra when the exchange graph is finite.2015, Alexander Garver, Thomas McConville, “Lattice Properties of Oriented Exchange Graphs and Torsion Classes”, in arXiv

Origin of functorially

From functorial + -ly.

Questions about functorially

What does functorially mean?
Functorially means in a functorial manner.
What part of speech is functorially?
Functorially is an adverb.

Words near functorially in the dictionary

  1. functor categories
  2. functor category
  3. functorial
  4. functorialities
  5. functoriality
  6. functorially
  7. functors
  8. functs
  9. functus
  10. functus officio
  11. fund

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