Yoneda lemma

noun

Etymology

Lemma named after the Japanese mathematician Nobuo Yoneda (1930–1996).

Definitions

  1. Given a category π’ž with an object A, let H be a hom functor represented by A, and let F…

    Given a category π’ž with an object A, let H be a hom functor represented by A, and let F be any functor (not necessarily representable) from π’ž to Sets, then there is a natural isomorphism between Nat(H,F), the set of natural transformations from H to F, and the set F(A). (Any natural transformation Ξ± from H to F is determined by what Ξ±_A( mbox id_A) is.)

    • β€’ Yoneda Lemma: Nat(Hom(A,–), F) β‰… F(A) ∴ Nat(Hom(A,–), Hom(B,–)) β‰… Hom(B,A) ∴ A β‰… B iff Hom(A,–) β‰… Hom(B,–) i.e. A is isomorphic to B if and only if A's network of relations is isomorphic to B's network of relations.

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