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preprojective

preprojective adjective: exhibiting a generalization of being projective, in which some, but not every surjective homomorphism splits.

Adjective

preprojective (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting a generalization of being projective, in which some, but not every surjective homomorphism splits.
    • Mozgovoy in the case of preprojective algebras)..2015, Jie Ren, Yan Soibelman, “Cohomological Hall algebras, semicanonical bases and Donaldson-Thomas invariants for 2-dimensional Calabi-Yau categories”, in arXiv

Origin of preprojective

From pre- + projective.

Questions about preprojective

What does preprojective mean?
Preprojective means exhibiting a generalization of being projective, in which some, but not every surjective homomorphism splits.
What part of speech is preprojective?
Preprojective is an adjective.

Words near preprojective in the dictionary

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