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Hi. Does anyone know the origin of the term "hom-set"? It came up yesterday in class, and after a little googling, I have not turned up the answer. I always assumed it stood for "homomorphism set" (?) but even that much I have not been able to verify, and it doesn't explain why we are talking about "homomorphisms" as opposed to "morphisms" (or "sets" rather than "collections", since the hom-set is not always a set). I presume there is some historical reason for this? Thanks, Derek
