Yoneda embedding

Meaning

Noun

  • An embedding of a category \mathcal{C} within the category of functors from \mathcal{C} to the category of sets. Such an embedding is effected by a Yoneda functor.

Origin

  • Named after the Japanese mathematician Nobuo Yoneda (1930–1996).

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