Cofree

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Right adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:G(A)→X induces a universal map ̄f:A→F(X). not-comparable
  2. 2
    Belonging to the image of some cofree functor. not-comparable
  3. 3
    The dual of a free structure. not-comparable

    "Our method relies on both the geometric and the algebraic aspects of the problem: the complete geometric description of the cohomology of Brown's moduli spaces and the coradical filtration of cofree cooperads."

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"Our method relies on both the geometric and the algebraic aspects of the problem: the complete geometric description of the cohomology of Brown's moduli spaces and the coradical filtration of cofree cooperads."

Etymology

From co- + free.

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