covariant functor


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covariant functor

[kō′ver·ē·ənt ′fəŋk·tər]
(mathematics)
A functor which does not change the sense of morphisms.
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We construct a covariant functor F from [P.sub.n] to [A.sub.b][G.sub.p].
A study of the strong topologies on finite dimensional probabilistic normed spaces
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