left inverse (English, noun)
expansion: left inverse (plural left inverses)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A related function that, given the output of the original function, returns the input that produced that output.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: For a given morphism f : X → Y, its right inverse (if it has one) is a morphism s : Y → X such that s∘f= mbox id_X.
Forms:
form: left inverses
tags: plural