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Stream: maths

Topic: need help with naming


Yury G. Kudryashov (May 29 2020 at 23:14):

Given a function f : α → β, how would you call g : β → α given by g y = Sup {x | f x ≤ y}? I'm mostly interested in the case of a monotone f but definition works for any f.

Mario Carneiro (May 29 2020 at 23:17):

it looks like a right adjoint to me

Chris Hughes (May 30 2020 at 06:04):

It's a galois connection.


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