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'Canonical' means constructible from the definition (the axioms) of the structure alone. A canonical isomorphism is not necessarily unique.
by Koshkin 4y ago
'Canonical' means constructible from the definition (the axioms) of the structure alone. A canonical isomorphism is not necessarily unique.
- k0k0r0 4y agoThat's maybe true in some fields of mathematics. In others that's misleading, and the usual understanding of canonical as unprecisely defined "obvious choice" is definitely more helpful.