A left inverse in mathematics may refer to:
- A left inverse element with respect to a binary operation on a set
- A left inverse function for a mapping between sets
- A kind of generalized inverse
Famous quotes containing the words left and/or inverse:
“The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.”
—Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)
“Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the force of the soul. The spirit sports with time.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)