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:
“It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
“The quality of moral behaviour varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)