Scaled-free objects (Q416796)

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    Scaled-free objects
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6032711

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      Scaled-free objects (English)
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      10 May 2012
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      The author uses normed sets and associated categories to describe constructions of normed objects, which build from a set to a vector space to an algebra, and thus parallel the natural progression found in algebraic settings. Each of these is characterized as a left adjoint functor to a natural forgetful functor. Further, the universal property in each case yields a scaled-free mapping property, which extends previous notions of free objects.
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      Banach space
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      Banach algebra
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      adjoint functor
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      free construction
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