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subfunctor

subfunctor noun: a functor such that all of the objects it maps are mapped by the parent functor, and for any arrow it maps the parent functor includes the same mapping (although it may also map arrows from the same domain to additional images outside the image of the subfunctor).

Noun

subfunctor (plural subfunctors)

  1. A functor such that all of the objects it maps are mapped by the parent functor, and for any arrow it maps the parent functor includes the same mapping (although it may also map arrows from the same domain to additional images outside the image of the subfunctor).
    • Also, if k is noetherian, then any subfunctor of a finitely generated functor is finitely generated.2015, Serge Bouc, Jacques Thévenaz, “The representation theory of finite sets and correspondences”, in arXiv

Forms of subfunctor

pluralsubfunctors

Origin of subfunctor

From sub- + functor.

Questions about subfunctor

What does subfunctor mean?
Subfunctor means a functor such that all of the objects it maps are mapped by the parent functor, and for any arrow it maps the parent functor includes the same mapping (although it may also map arrows from the same domain to additional images outside the image of the subfunctor).
What part of speech is subfunctor?
Subfunctor is a noun.
What is the plural of subfunctor?
The plural of subfunctor is subfunctors.

Words near subfunctor in the dictionary

  1. subfunctionalizations
  2. subfunctionalize
  3. subfunctionalized
  4. subfunctioning
  5. subfunctions
  6. subfunctor
  7. subfunctors
  8. subfund
  9. subfunds
  10. subfurcate
  11. subfurfuraceous

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