covariant
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
covariant (not comparable)
- (category theory, of a functor) Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism to a morphism .
- Antonym: contravariant
- (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
which preserves composition
|
relating to covariance
|
Noun[edit]
covariant (plural covariants)
- (algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
- (algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
Translations[edit]
bihomogeneous polynomial...
|
variety defined by a covariant
|