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traciator

traciator noun: a natural isomorphism of a functor (F) such that F(x⊗y)→F(y⊗x).

Noun

traciator (plural traciators)

  1. A natural isomorphism of a functor (F) such that F(x⊗y)→F(y⊗x).
    • This situation lends itself to a diagramatic calculus of `strings on cylinders', where the traciator corresponds to wrapping a string around the back of a cylinder.2015, André Henriques, David Penneys, James Tener, “Categorified trace for module tensor categories over braided tensor categories”, in arXiv

Forms of traciator

pluraltraciators

Questions about traciator

What does traciator mean?
Traciator means a natural isomorphism of a functor (F) such that F(x⊗y)→F(y⊗x).
What part of speech is traciator?
Traciator is a noun.
What is the plural of traciator?
The plural of traciator is traciators.

Words near traciator in the dictionary

  1. trachyuropodids
  2. trachyzoite
  3. Traci
  4. tracial
  5. traciality
  6. traciator
  7. traciators
  8. tracible
  9. Tracie
  10. Tracies
  11. tracing

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