contravariant

Adjective

 * 1)  Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism $$f:X \to Y$$ to a morphism $$F(f):F(Y) \to F(X)$$.
 * 2)  Using or relating to contravariance.
 * 3)  Scaling inversely with a change of basis.
 * 1)  Scaling inversely with a change of basis.

Derived terms

 * contravector

Translations

 * Finnish: kontravariantti
 * French:
 * German: kontravariant
 * Portuguese: contravariante
 * Romanian: contravariant
 * Swedish: kontravariant


 * Finnish: kontravariantti
 * French:
 * German: kontravariant

Noun

 * 1)  A bihomogeneous polynomial in dual variables of x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.

Translations

 * Finnish: kontravariantti