"representable functor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: representable functors [plural]
Etymology: If a representable functor is naturally isomorphic to a hom functor mbox Hom(C,-) or mbox Hom(-,C), then the object C is said to represent that representable functor. Head templates: {{en-noun}} representable functor (plural representable functors)
  1. (category theory) A functor from some category to the category of sets (Set) which is naturally isomorphic to a hom functor. Categories (topical): Category theory Synonyms: representable presheaf

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