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yoneda functor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
yoneda -func-tor
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A functor from a given category to the category of functors from that given category to Set (the category of sets) which maps any object of the given category to a hom functor represented by that object and any morphism to a natural isomorphism induced uniquely by that morphism according to the Yoneda lemma.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Yoneda functors (plural)

Phrases

Yoneda embedding Yoneda lemma

Frequently Paired Words

Yoneda embedding Yoneda lemma

Questions

What does yoneda functor mean?
A functor from a given category to the category of functors from that given category to Set (the category of sets) which maps any object of the given category to a hom functor represented by that object and any morphism to a natural isomorphism induced uniquely by that morphism according to the Yoneda lemma.
Where does yoneda functor come from?
Named after the Japanese mathematician Nobuo Yoneda (1930–1996).

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