exact sequence

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Meaning

1. noun A sequence of modules (or groups, vector spaces, etc.; most generally, objects of an abelian category) with adjacent objects connected by homomorphisms (generally, morphisms) such that the image of one homomorphism is the kernel of the next.

Similar words

short exact sequence chain complex homomorphism supersequence homology semigroup homomorphism homology group inverse system isogeny semigroup