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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorTodd_Trimble
   • CommentTimeDec 17th 2012
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   Author: Todd_Trimble
   Format: MarkdownItexI added a section on strictification of pseudofunctors $C \to Cat$ to [[pseudofunctor]], after seeing Finn and Mike respond to Karol in the stable monoidal derivator thread at the Café. The discussion is fairly sketchy and pedestrian. Also added a few references.

   I added a section on strictification of pseudofunctors to pseudofunctor, after seeing Finn and Mike respond to Karol in the stable monoidal derivator thread at the Café. The discussion is fairly sketchy and pedestrian. Also added a few references.

2. • CommentRowNumber2.
   • CommentAuthorMike Shulman
   • CommentTimeDec 17th 2012
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   Author: Mike Shulman
   Format: MarkdownItexLooks good, thanks! I made the statement of the theorem a little more precise: it's not just an equivalence of categories, but an isomorphism.

   Looks good, thanks! I made the statement of the theorem a little more precise: it’s not just an equivalence of categories, but an isomorphism.

3. • CommentRowNumber3.
   • CommentAuthorJohn Baez
   • CommentTimeDec 23rd 2020
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   Author: John Baez
   Format: MarkdownItexAdded theorem saying that every pseudofunctor can be "normalized". <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/pseudofunctor/27">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/pseudofunctor/27">v27</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudofunctor">current</a>

   Added theorem saying that every pseudofunctor can be “normalized”.

   diff, v27, current

4. • CommentRowNumber4.
   • CommentAuthorAlec Rhea
   • CommentTimeMar 5th 2021
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   Author: Alec Rhea
   Format: MarkdownItexAdded definition of composition of pseudofunctors for posterity, changed notation slightly. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/pseudofunctor/28">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/pseudofunctor/28">v28</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudofunctor">current</a>

   Added definition of composition of pseudofunctors for posterity, changed notation slightly.

   diff, v28, current

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMay 7th 2023
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded what seems to be the original reference defining pseudofunctors from a 1-category to $Cat$: * [[Alexander Grothendieck]], §A.1 in: *Technique de descente et théorèmes d’existence en géométrie algébrique. I. Généralités. Descente par morphismes fidèlement plats*, Séminaire [[N. Bourbaki]] exp. no190 (1960) 299-327 &lbrack;[numdam:SB_1958-1960__5__299_0](http://www.numdam.org/item/?id=SB_1958-1960__5__299_0)&rbrack; with a comment that it's not yet called "pseudo-functor" there. (Curiously, in [[SGA1]] it's the other way around: the term "pseudo-functor" is used but the definition is not given!?) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/pseudofunctor/30">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/pseudofunctor/30">v30</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudofunctor">current</a>

   added what seems to be the original reference defining pseudofunctors from a 1-category to :

   • Alexander Grothendieck, §A.1 in: Technique de descente et théorèmes d’existence en géométrie algébrique. I. Généralités. Descente par morphismes fidèlement plats, Séminaire N. Bourbaki exp. no190 (1960) 299-327 [numdam:SB_1958-1960__5__299_0]

   with a comment that it’s not yet called “pseudo-functor” there.

   (Curiously, in SGA1 it’s the other way around: the term “pseudo-functor” is used but the definition is not given!?)

   diff, v30, current

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMay 7th 2023
   • (edited May 7th 2023)
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded pointer to: * [[Angelo Vistoli]], Def. 3.10 in: *Grothendieck topologies, fibered categories and descent theory*, in: *[[Fundamental algebraic geometry -- Grothendieck's FGA explained]]*, Mathematical Surveys and Monographs **123**, Amer. Math. Soc. (2005) 1-104 &lbrack;[ISBN:978-0-8218-4245-4](https://bookstore.ams.org/surv-123-s), [math.AG/0412512](http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412512)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/pseudofunctor/30">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/pseudofunctor/30">v30</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudofunctor">current</a>

   added pointer to:

   • Angelo Vistoli, Def. 3.10 in: Grothendieck topologies, fibered categories and descent theory, in: Fundamental algebraic geometry – Grothendieck’s FGA explained, Mathematical Surveys and Monographs 123, Amer. Math. Soc. (2005) 1-104 [ISBN:978-0-8218-4245-4, math.AG/0412512]

   diff, v30, current

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   • CommentAuthornilesjohnson
   • CommentTimeSep 26th 2023
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   Author: nilesjohnson
   Format: MarkdownItexadded a reference <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/pseudofunctor/31">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/pseudofunctor/31">v31</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudofunctor">current</a>

   added a reference

   diff, v31, current

8. • CommentRowNumber8.
   • CommentAuthorvarkor
   • CommentTimeNov 24th 2023
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   Author: varkor
   Format: MarkdownItexMentioned strict pseudofunctors. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/pseudofunctor/32">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/pseudofunctor/32">v32</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudofunctor">current</a>

   Mentioned strict pseudofunctors.

   diff, v32, current