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- noun Plural form of
colimit .
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Limits, colimits, and all the fundamental constructions of category theory can be described as adjoints.
Category Theory Marquis, Jean-Pierre 2007
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Lecture 6, featuring some interesting limits and colimits, culminating in the introduction of adjoints.
Michi's blog 2009
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