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A map is a function, as in the association of any of the four colored shapes in X to its color in Y. In mathematics, a map or mapping is a function in its general sense. [1] These terms may have originated as from the process of making a geographical map: mapping the Earth surface to a sheet of paper. [2]
In mathematics, more specifically in topology, an open map is a function between two topological spaces that maps open sets to open sets. [1] [2] [3] That is, a function : is open if for any open set in , the image is open in . Likewise, a closed map is a function that maps closed sets to closed sets.
In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear map (also called a linear mapping, linear transformation, vector space homomorphism, or in some contexts linear function) is a mapping between two vector spaces that preserves the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication.
In mathematics, a canonical map, also called a natural map, is a map or morphism between objects that arises naturally from the definition or the construction of the objects. Often, it is a map which preserves the widest amount of structure. A choice of a canonical map sometimes depends on a convention (e.g., a sign convention).
In mathematics, a map or mapping, is a function in the general sense; here as in the association of any of the four colored shapes in X to its color in Y. [29] Frege famously distinguished between functions and objects . [ 30 ]
A multilinear map of one variable is a linear map, and of two variables is a bilinear map. More generally, for any nonnegative integer , a multilinear map of k variables is called a k-linear map. If the codomain of a multilinear map is the field of scalars, it is called a multilinear form.
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In mathematics, a conformal map is a function that locally preserves angles, but not necessarily lengths.. More formally, let and be open subsets of .A function : is called conformal (or angle-preserving) at a point if it preserves angles between directed curves through , as well as preserving orientation.