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adjoint functor

Summary

adjoint functor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • adjoint functor is a type of functor[2].
  • adjoint functor is a type of ordered pair[3].
  • adjoint functor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adjoint functors[4].
  • adjoint functor's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/adjoint-functors[5].
  • adjoint functor's TeX string is recorded as \dashv[6].
  • adjoint functor's studied by is recorded as category theory[7].
  • adjoint functor's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include functor[2] and ordered pair[3].

Why It Matters

adjoint functor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Adjoint functors
    Subclass of → functor, ordered pair
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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