Contravariant

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Adjective

1. Template:Lb Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism $f:X\to Y$ to a morphism $F(f):F(Y)\to F(X)$.

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2. Template:Lb Using or relating to contravariance.
3. Template:Lb Scaling inversely with a change of basis.

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Noun

1. Template:Lb A bihomogeneous polynomial in dual variables of x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.

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