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equivalence_of_categories [2014/11/01 17:55]
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equivalence_of_categories [2014/12/04 22:34]
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 ==== Collection ==== ==== Collection ====
 | @#55CCEE: context ​    | @#55CCEE: ${\bf C},{\bf D}$ ... categories | | @#55CCEE: context ​    | @#55CCEE: ${\bf C},{\bf D}$ ... categories |
-| @#FFBB00: definiendum | @#FFBB00: $F$ in ${\bf C}\simeq{\bf ​D}$ |+| @#FFBB00: definiendum | @#FFBB00: $F$ in ${\bf D}\simeq{\bf ​C}$ |
 | @#AAFFAA: inclusion ​  | @#AAFFAA: $F$ in ${\bf D}\longrightarrow{\bf C}$ | | @#AAFFAA: inclusion ​  | @#AAFFAA: $F$ in ${\bf D}\longrightarrow{\bf C}$ |
 | @#FFFDDD: exists ​     | @#FFFDDD: $G$ in ${\bf C}\longrightarrow{\bf D}$ | | @#FFFDDD: exists ​     | @#FFFDDD: $G$ in ${\bf C}\longrightarrow{\bf D}$ |
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 === Elaboration === === Elaboration ===
 Here $Id_{\bf C}$ denotes the [[identity functor]] on ${\bf C}$.  Here $Id_{\bf C}$ denotes the [[identity functor]] on ${\bf C}$. 
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-=== In words === 
-Two categories are equivalent, if there is are functors $F,G$ mediating between them, which don't deform them too much: They are tame enough so that their composite deformations can be repaired back to unity. 
  
 === Motivation === === Motivation ===
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 ==== Parents ==== ==== Parents ====
 === Context === === Context ===
-[[Category]]+[[Categories]]
 === Requirements === === Requirements ===
 [[Natural isomorphism]],​ [[Identity functor]] [[Natural isomorphism]],​ [[Identity functor]]
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