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Mapping vs Cofibration - What's the difference?

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In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between mapping and cofibration

is that mapping is (mathematics) a function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence while cofibration is (mathematics) a particular form of mapping a continuous mapping i\colon a \to x, where a'' and ''x'' are topological spaces, is a cofibration if it satisfies the homotopy extension property with respect to all spaces ''y .

As nouns the difference between mapping and cofibration

is that mapping is the process of making maps while cofibration is (mathematics) a particular form of mapping a continuous mapping i\colon a \to x, where a'' and ''x'' are topological spaces, is a cofibration if it satisfies the homotopy extension property with respect to all spaces ''y .

As a verb mapping

is .

mapping

English

(wikipedia mapping)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of making maps.
  • (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
  • (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  • (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.

    • Verb

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    • cofibration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia cofibration)
  • (mathematics) A particular form of mapping. A continuous mapping i\colon A \to X, where A'' and ''X'' are topological spaces, is a cofibration if it satisfies the homotopy extension property with respect to all spaces ''Y .

    • Related terms

    * fibration