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Mapping vs Maplet - What's the difference?

mapping | maplet |

In mathematics terms the difference between mapping and maplet

is that mapping is a function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence while maplet is a pair which is a member of a mapping.

As nouns the difference between mapping and maplet

is that mapping is the process of making maps while maplet is an applet written in the computer algebra system Maple.

As a verb mapping

is present participle of lang=en.

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

    (head)

    • maplet

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, mathematics) An applet written in the computer algebra system .
  • * {{quote-journal, 2009, date=January, , , Notices of the American Mathematical Society citation
    • , passage=Michael J. Caulfield, Gannon University (1046-O1-346) 10:40AM ? (1105) A maplet for encoding, decoding, and correcting errors in Golay codes. }}

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A pair which is a member of a mapping.