"exponential object" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: exponential objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exponential object (plural exponential objects)
  1. (category theory) An object which indexes a family of arrows between two given objects in a universal way, meaning that any other indexed family of arrows between the same given pair of objects must factor uniquely through this universally-indexed family of arrows. Wikipedia link: exponential object Categories (topical): Category theory Hypernyms: internal Hom Related terms: currying ∼ exportation_(logic) (an instance of which is the transpositioning λ in the figure), modus ponens (alt: homologous to the universal evaluation morphism, eval)
    Sense id: en-exponential_object-en-noun-k7zB07oz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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