decategorification
English
Etymology
de- + categorification
Noun
decategorification (plural decategorifications)
- (mathematics) The reverse process of categorification: The mapping of a category theoretic category to a set by using a systematic process in which isomorphic objects in a category are identified as equal.
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- For the n-levels systems approach we may associate categorification with increasing the level and decategorification with decreasing the level of complexity.
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