The article on categories uses the word "map" rather than "mapping", by the way. "Map" is synonymous with "1-1 function" in Patrick Suppes: Introduction to Axiomatic Set Theory (1960). The Swedish National Encyclopedia (written from scratch and published 1989 - 1996) says that (the Swedish equivalents of) the three words "mapping", "function" and "transformation" are synonymous. -OJarnef |
The article on categories uses the word "map" rather than "mapping", by the way. "Map" is synonymous with "1-1 function" in Patrick Suppes: Introduction to Axiomatic Set Theory (1960). The Swedish National Encyclopedia (written from scratch and published 1989 - 1996) says that (the Swedish equivalents of) the three words "mapping", "function" and "transformation" are synonymous. -OJarnef