Finite Map

A finite map can be one of the following:

  • In computer science, finite map is a synonym for an associative array.
  • A finite map in algebraic geometry is a surjective regular map with zero dimensional fibers.

Famous quotes containing the words finite and/or map:

    “Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left for the others.”
    —Elizabeth Fishel (20th century)

    “A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)