The Heteromorphic Approach to Adjunctions: Theory and History

David Ellerman ()
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David Ellerman: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: Mallios and Zafiris emphasize that adjoint functors, or adjunctions, are not only “ubiquitous” in category theory but also characterize the naturality of their approach to physical geometry. Hence, in this paper, the history and theory of adjoint functors is investigated. Where do adjoint functors come from mathematically, and how did the concept develop historically?

Keywords: adjunctions; adjoint functors; heteromorphisms; het-bifunctors; distributors; profunctors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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