overcone

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noun

A morphism from a diagonal overfunctor to the base category of the overcategory.

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Meanings

nounovercone (plural overcones)

plural overcones

  1. mathematicsA morphism from a diagonal overfunctor to the base category of the overcategory.

    In the second approach we try to find good subdivision points in an approximating overcone that is faster to compute..

    2016, Winfried Bruns, Richard Sieg, Christof Söger, “The subdivision of large simplicial cones in Normaliz”, in arXiv

Origin

From over- + cone.

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