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Functor

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Summary

A mapping between categories that sends objects to objects and morphisms to morphisms while preserving identities and composition.

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Canonically induces

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CategoryFunctor

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Choose a target category and specify object and morphism assignments that preserve identities and composition.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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FunctorAdjunction

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

An adjunction consists of a left and right adjoint functor together with equivalent unit/counit or hom-set data; a single functor need not possess an adjoint.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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FunctorCategorical colimit

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

A diagram is a functor into a category; when a universal cocone exists, its apex is the colimit of that diagram.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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FunctorCategorical limit

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

A diagram is a functor into a category; when a universal cone exists, its apex is the limit of that diagram.

How to interpret this relation type

Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.

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FunctorNatural transformation

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Choose a second parallel functor and supply component morphisms satisfying the naturality equations.

How to interpret this relation type

Equip an existing carrier or structured object with additional chosen data, when such compatible data exists. Use a construction junction when several independently meaningful inputs must coexist on the same carrier or interact compatibly.

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FunctorPresheaf

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

A presheaf is a functor from the opposite of a category to Set.

How to interpret this relation type

A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.

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