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Also known as extremal monomorphism, monic, mono, monic morphism

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Subclass of
morphism
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different from
injection
studied by
category theory
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Relation to invertibility
  • Examples
  • Properties
  • Related concepts
  • Terminology
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

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In the context of abstract algebra or universal algebra, a monomorphism is an injective homomorphism. A monomorphism from to is often denoted with the notation X\hookrightarrow Y.

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