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Span (category theory)

In category theory, a span, roof or correspondence is a generalization of the notion of relation between two objects of a category. When the category has all pullbacks (and satisfies a small number of other conditions), spans can be considered as morphisms in a category of fractions.

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Span (category theory)

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples0
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Important terminology

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