Zulip Chat Archive

Stream: maths

Topic: quotient inconsistency


Kevin Buzzard (Jan 30 2023 at 21:59):

Just noticed when preparing teaching that G →* G ⧸ N is quotient_group.mk' N and V →ₗ[k] V ⧸ X is submodule.mkq X. Should quotient_group be removed or should there be a quotient_module, or is there a logical reason for this apparent inconsistency?

Jireh Loreaux (Jan 30 2023 at 22:14):

Our naming around quotients is a mess everywhere I think. The nice thing about submodule.mkq is that you can use dot notation I guess, so that's a point in its favor.


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