Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adjoint functor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: ad-join-t -func-tor
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a pair of functors such that the domain and codomain of one of them are identical to the codomain and domain of the other one, respectively, and such that there is a pair of natural transformations which turns the pair of functors into an adjunction.

Etymology

See Galois connection.

Inflected Forms

adjoint functors (plural)

Questions

What does adjoint functor mean?: One of a pair of functors such that the domain and codomain of one of them are identical to the codomain and domain of the other one, respectively, and such that there is a pair of natural transformations which turns the pair of functors into an adjunction.
Where does adjoint functor come from?: See Galois connection.

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