exact sequence

English

Noun

exact sequence (plural exact sequences)

(algebra) A sequence of modules (or groups, vector spaces, etc.; most generally, objects of an abelian category) with adjacent objects connected by homomorphisms (generally, morphisms) such that the image of one homomorphism is the kernel of the next.

Hypernyms

chain complex

Derived terms

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