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Categories, functors and natural transformations
Objects and arrows, composition, and maps between categories.
A category is objects plus arrows that compose associatively with identities: sets and functions, groups and homomorphisms, spaces and continuous maps. A functor maps one category to another preserving composition. Picture it: a commutative diagram, a square of arrows where both routes agree. Think it: "naturality" makes precise what it means for a construction to involve no arbitrary choices.
ምሳሌ · {1,2} union {3}
{1,2} union {3}
እርምጃ በደረጃ
- A = \left\{1, 2\right\},\quad B = \left\{3\right\}
The two sets.
- A \cup B = \left\{1, 2, 3\right\}
Keep everything in either set.
- |A| = 2,\ |B| = 1,\ |A \cup B| = 3
Cardinalities. Note |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| − |A ∩ B|.
መልሱን አሳይ
አሁን ችግርን ይምረጡ፣ ወይም ጻፉ ወይም በራሳችሁ ቅርጽ አቅርቡ። እርምጃው ሁሉ፣ ምስል፣ መልሱ እስከምትጠይቅ ድረስ የተደበቀ ነው።
ፊደላት
ለሙሉ መግለጫ፣ ምስል፣ እና በውስጡ ያለውን ፊደል ትርጓሜ ለማየት ማንኛውንም ምልክት ይጫኑ።
እንዴት: Categories, functors and natural transformations
- The two sets.
- Keep everything in either set.
- Cardinalities. Note |A ∪ B| = |A| + |B| − |A ∩ B|.
ጥያቄዎች
What is a functor?
A map between categories that sends objects to objects and arrows to arrows while respecting composition. Taking the fundamental group of a space is a functor from spaces to groups.