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Kan Extensions

Kan Extension is a universal construction in category theory that extends a functor along another morphism of categories in the most efficient way, characterized by a natural correspondence between morphisms involving the extended functor and the original data.

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85

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44

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2017–2026

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Kan Extension

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60

Institution Morphisms

Joseph A. Goguen, Grigore Roşu · Formal Aspects of Computing · 2002 · 175 citations

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Transposable lambda placMu bacteriophages for creating lacZ operon fusions and kanamycin resistance insertions in Escherichia coli

Erhard Bremer, Thomas J. Silhavy, George M. Weinstock · Journal of Bacteriology · 1985 · 116 citations · Full text

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Homotopy theory of diagrams

Wojciech Chachólski, Jérôme Scherer · Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society · 2002 · 99 citations · Full text

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Homotopy coherent category theory

Jean-Marc Cordier, Timothy Porter · Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 1997 · 95 citations · Full text

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Freer monads, more extensible effects

Oleg Kiselyov, Hiromi Ishii · 2015 · 88 citations

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Authors

85

  1. GL
    Gian Luca Cattani

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  2. GW
    Glynn Winskel

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 110 citations

    3

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  3. OK
    Oleg Kiselyov

    University of Tsukuba, Japan

    2 publications · 119 citations

    2

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  4. JS
    Jerrold Siegel

    University of Missouri–St. Louis, United States

    2 publications · 37 citations

    2

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  5. AG
    A.R. Garzón

    Universidad de Granada, Spain

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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Institutions

44

  1. Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

    Bonn, Germany

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    354 citations

  2. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    165 citations

  3. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    137 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    272 citations

  5. Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo

    Molise, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  7. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    119 citations

  8. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    79 citations

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Venues

  1. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 11 publications · 182 citations

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  2. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

    TRAN · 8 publications · 208 citations

    8

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  3. Applied Categorical Structures

    3 publications · 61 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 3 publications · 157 citations

    3

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  5. Theory and applications of categories

    TAC · 3 publications · 39 citations

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