Hi Robert,
I guess some use homspace for the homset for an abelian category. I agree
that for consistency, it is good to use homset everywhere in Sage.
Kwankyu
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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:hom
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
