different between mapping vs cofibration

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæp??/
• Hyphenation: map?ping

Noun

mapping (countable and uncountable, plural mappings)

1. The process of making maps.
2. (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
3. (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
4. (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given mathematical structure (eg: a set) to a unique element of another structure; a correspondence.
5. (object-oriented programming) conversion of data types between incompatible type systems.

Hyponyms

• (computing): object-relational mapping

Translations

Verb

mapping

1. present participle of map

References

• mapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

mapping m (plural mappings)

1. mapping

English

Etymology

co- +? fibration

Noun

cofibration (plural cofibrations)

1. (mathematics) A particular form of mapping. A continuous mapping ${\displaystyle i\colon A\to X}$, where A and X are topological spaces, is a cofibration if it satisfies the homotopy extension property with respect to all spaces Y.

Related terms

• fibration

Anagrams

• biofraction