From: Paul Taylor <pt@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
To: categories@mta.ca
Subject: co-
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:39:19 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199807031139.MAA09161@ruby.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> (raw)
What are the origins of the co- prefix, as in coproduct, coequaliser ...,
and who established their use?
Has anybody ever thought through and written down any guidelines on
which of a pair of dual concepts is co-?
Who is reponsible for dropping this prefix from cofinal?
(A mistake, IMHO).
Paul
next reply other threads:[~1998-07-03 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-07-03 11:39 Paul Taylor [this message]
1998-07-03 17:09 ` co- James Stasheff
1998-07-03 19:40 ` co- Graham White
1998-07-03 19:28 ` co- Michael Barr
1998-07-04 14:09 ` co- James Stasheff
1998-07-03 19:37 ` co- John R Isbell
1998-07-04 14:07 ` co- James Stasheff
1998-07-04 15:02 ` co- Peter Selinger
1998-07-05 11:52 ` co- James Stasheff
1998-07-05 17:12 ` co- John R Isbell
1998-07-05 18:10 ` co- Peter Selinger
1998-07-05 21:24 ` co- John Duskin
1998-07-04 17:33 ` co- John R Isbell
1998-07-04 15:36 co- John R Isbell
1998-07-04 17:30 co- Dr. P.T. Johnstone
1998-07-04 17:40 co- Dr. P.T. Johnstone
1998-07-06 16:02 ` co- Michael Barr
1998-07-06 18:15 co- Paul Taylor
1998-07-07 0:49 co- Ross Street
1998-07-08 11:10 co- Koslowski
1998-07-08 19:39 co- Fred E J Linton
1998-07-09 4:04 ` co- Vaughan Pratt
1998-07-15 13:50 co- Robert Dawson
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