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Morphism vs Mapping - What's the difference?

morphism | mapping |

As nouns the difference between morphism and mapping

is that morphism is (mathematics|formally) an arrow in a category while mapping is the process of making maps.

As a verb mapping is

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morphism

English

(wikipedia morphism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
  • (mathematics, less formally) a map which preserves structure, in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics where it arises.

    • See also

    * homomorphism * automorphism * bijection * function * isometry * isomorphism * measurable function * homeomorphism * diffeomorphism * functor

    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)