Hom(X, Y) is always a set, calling it a homspace seems (to me) to imply some more specific kind of structure, for example (but not necessarily) a vector space. It's nice to always use the same term everywhere for consistency. Homspace is a lot less common:
http://www.google.com/search?q=define:homspace (7,940 results, no definition) http://www.google.com/search?q=define:homset (347,000 results, definition found) On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Kwankyu Lee <ekwan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am confused with the usage of "Homset" and "Homspace". It seems to me that > each author choose his/her favorite among "Homset" and "Homspace". But is > there a reason to prefer one over the other for new modules? Or do they have > distinct usage? I am asking this because at some point William changed some > "Homspace" to "Homset" > > > Kwankyu > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
