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Hom-Set


For fixed objects X and Y of a locally small category C, the hom-set Hom_C(X,Y) is the set of all morphisms from X to Y. A category is locally small when this collection is a set for every pair of objects.


See also

Category, Category Theory, Functor, Morphism, Natural Isomorphism, Natural Transformation, Object, Strict Tensor Category, Unital Natural Transformation

Portions of this entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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References

Dieck, T. T. "Quantum Groups and Knot Algebra." 2000. https://www.uni-math.gwdg.de/tammo/dm.pdf.

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Christopher Stover. "Hom-Set." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Hom-Set.html

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