diagram chasing
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Proof in stages, each of which, in general, depends on the previous stages and can be visualized by means of a diagram of morphisms.
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "To prove the five lemma, just use diagram chasing."
- "Category theory also contributes new proof techniques, such as diagram chasing or arguments by duality; Steenrod called these methods “abstract nonsense.”³ The aim of this text is to introduce the language, philosophy, and basic theorems of category theory. A complementary objective is to put this theory into practice: studying functoriality in algebraic topology, naturality in group theory, and universal properties in algebra."