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nouncospan (plural cospans)
plural cospans
- mathematicsThe dual of a span.
This extra structure arises from a lax symmetric monoidal functor F#92;colon#92;mathbf#123;C#125;#92;to#92;mathbf#123;D#125;; we use this functor to "decorate" each cospan with apex N#92;in#92;mathbf#123;C#125; with an element of F(N).
2016, Kenny Courser, “A bicategory of decorated cospans”, in arXiv
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cospan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cospan
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