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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 $C \to Cat$ 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.

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 $Cat$:

   • 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 [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

6. • CommentRowNumber6.
   • 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