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Yoneda embedding

Yoneda embedding noun: an embedding of a category π’ž within the category of functors from π’ž to the category of sets. Such an embedding is effected by a Yoneda functor.

Noun

Yoneda embedding (plural Yoneda embeddings)

  1. An embedding of a category π’ž within the category of functors from π’ž to the category of sets. Such an embedding is effected by a Yoneda functor.

Forms of Yoneda embedding

pluralYoneda embeddings

Origin of Yoneda embedding

Named after the Japanese mathematician Nobuo Yoneda (1930–1996).

Questions about Yoneda embedding

What does Yoneda embedding mean?
Yoneda embedding means an embedding of a category π’ž within the category of functors from π’ž to the category of sets. Such an embedding is effected by a Yoneda functor.
What part of speech is Yoneda embedding?
Yoneda embedding is a noun.
What is the plural of Yoneda embedding?
The plural of Yoneda embedding is Yoneda embeddings.

Words near Yoneda embedding in the dictionary

  1. yonderly
  2. yondermost
  3. yonderness
  4. yonders
  5. Yoneda
  6. Yoneda embedding
  7. Yoneda embeddings
  8. Yoneda functor
  9. Yoneda functors
  10. Yoneda lemma
  11. Yonezawa

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