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Covariant Functor


A functor F is called covariant if it preserves the directions of arrows, i.e., every arrow f:A-->B is mapped to an arrow F(f):F(A)-->F(B).


See also

Contravariant Functor, Forgetful Functor, Functor, Hom, Tensor Product Functor

This entry contributed by Margherita Barile

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Margherita Barile. "Covariant Functor." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CovariantFunctor.html

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