Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkb:Category_theory_concept |
| gptkbp:definedIn |
Category theory
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| gptkbp:defines |
A pair of functors between two categories, one left adjoint and one right adjoint, related by a natural isomorphism between certain hom-sets.
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| gptkbp:describedBy |
Mac Lane, Saunders. Categories for the Working Mathematician
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| gptkbp:example |
gptkb:Free-forgetful_adjunction
gptkb:Product_and_Hom_functors Limit and colimit functors |
| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:Mathematics
Category theory |
| gptkbp:hasPart |
gptkb:Left_adjoint
Right adjoint |
| gptkbp:hasProperty |
Characterized by universal mapping property
Preserves limits or colimits |
| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Daniel_Kan
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| gptkbp:introducedIn |
1958
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Functor
gptkb:Natural_transformation Universal property |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Universal_(mathematics)
gptkb:Kan_extension |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Adjoint functor
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