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advanced_tools:category_theory:yoneda_lemma [2017/11/09 09:17] jakobadmin [Student] |
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+ | It is important for physics, because it allows us to make the ideas of [[advanced_notions:relational_physics|relational physics]] precise. | ||
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<blockquote>[T]he collection of all ways to relate an object to other objects is isomorphic to the object itself.<cite>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7715277</cite></blockquote> | <blockquote>[T]he collection of all ways to relate an object to other objects is isomorphic to the object itself.<cite>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7715277</cite></blockquote> | ||
- | * http://www.math3ma.com/mathema/2017/9/6/the-yoneda-embedding | + | <blockquote>[A]n object is completely determined by its relationships to other objects. |
- | * http://www.math3ma.com/mathema/2017/9/14/the-yoneda-lemma | + | <cite>http://www.math3ma.com/mathema/2017/9/14/the-yoneda-lemma</cite> |
+ | </blockquote> | ||
<blockquote> One way to think of the Yoneda lemma is | <blockquote> One way to think of the Yoneda lemma is | ||
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<cite>[[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/sci.physics.research/6cET8VmcUZU/IH9Tpq6NLTsJ|John Baez]]</cite></blockquote> | <cite>[[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/sci.physics.research/6cET8VmcUZU/IH9Tpq6NLTsJ|John Baez]]</cite></blockquote> | ||
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+ | Great explanations can be found here: | ||
+ | * http://www.math3ma.com/mathema/2017/9/6/the-yoneda-embedding | ||
+ | * http://www.math3ma.com/mathema/2017/9/14/the-yoneda-lemma | ||
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