The Corner

Terms of Art

I am just reading around in a mathematical topic called “category theory,”

and I came across a striking term of art: “Forgetful functors.” Here

is a definition. Note

that: “Forgetful functors are covariant and faithful.” Well, you’d want

them to be, wouldn’t you?

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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