"hom-set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hom-sets [plural]
Etymology: Short for "homomorphism set", because in some categories the morphisms are homomorphisms. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hom-set (plural hom-sets)
  1. (category theory) The set or collection of all morphisms from A to B for some given ordered pair (A, B) of objects from some given category. Categories (topical): Category theory Synonyms: morphism set

Inflected forms

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