Map (mathematics)
In most of mathematics and in some related technical fields, the term mapping, usually shortened to map, is either a synonym for function, or denotes a particular kind of function which is important in that branch, or denotes something conceptually similar to a function.
In graph theory, a map is a drawing of a graph on a surface without overlapping edges (a planar graph), similar to a political map.
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Famous quotes containing the word map:
“If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.”
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)