English Explanatory Dictionary

Kan extension

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A construct that generalizes the notion of extending a function's domain of definition.

Word forms

Kan extension Kan extensions

Etymology

Named after Jewish and Dutch mathematician Daniel M. Kan (1927–2013), who constructed certain (Kan) extensions using limits in 1960.

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