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adjoint

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Meaning

  1. adjective Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
  2. adjective That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
  3. adjective Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
  4. noun The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
  5. noun Transpose conjugate.
  6. noun Hermitian conjugate.
  7. noun A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
  8. noun A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.

Similar words

hermitian asst adjunct associate assistant deputy minister selfadjoint adjunctive conjugate

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Word family

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