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Submodule vs Coboundary - What's the difference?

submodule | coboundary |

As nouns the difference between submodule and coboundary

is that submodule is a module making up part of a larger module while coboundary is the of a submodule of a cochain.

submodule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A module making up part of a larger module.
    • The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules .
  • (algebra) A module contained in a larger module, both over the same ring, such that the ring multiplication in the former is a restriction of that in the latter.

    • coboundary

    English

    Noun

    (coboundaries)
  • (mathematics) The image of a submodule of a cochain