morphism
An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
Noun
- An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.
- 1982, Israel Program for Scientific Translations (translator), Lev J. Leifman (editor of translation), N. N. Čencov, Statistical Decision Rules and Optimal Inference, American Mathematical Society, Translations of...
- 1992, Terrance Brown (translator), Gil Henriques, Chapter 13: Morphisms and Transformations in the Construction of Invariants, Terrance Brown (translator), Jean Piaget, Gil Henriques, Edgar Ascher (editors), Morphisms...
- The proof of toroidalization of morphisms of 3-folds to surfaces in [C3] breaks up into two parts: a reduction to prepared morphisms and then a proof of toroidalization of prepared morphisms from n-folds to [surfaces]...
- Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.
- Briefly, the yellow morphic males can change their status from paired to satellite and from satellite to the paired one. However, they cannot cross into the status of the red morph.[…] The colour morphism of males is...
Origin
Generalised from isomorphism, etc.
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Related
-morphism bijection function functor isometry measurable function
Derived
allelomorphism anamorphism antimorphism apomorphism automorphism bimorphism catamorphism classifying morphism coconstant morphism comorphism constant morphism contactomorphism diagonal morphism diffeomorphism epimorphism homeomorphism homomorphism hylomorphism identity morphism isomorphism monomorphism morphism set multimorphism orthomorphism