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equivalence of categories

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An adjunction whose unit and counit are both natural isomorphisms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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  • There is an equivalence of categories between the category of simply typed lambda calculi and the category of cartesian closed categories; this was shown by Lambek and Scott.

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