zero morphism

noun

zero morphism

noun
1

Category theory, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A morphism which is both a constant morphism and a coconstant morphism.

  • The composition of a zero morphism with any morphism (that it is composable with) yields another zero morphism.
Hypernyms
constant morphism, coconstant morphism

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