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   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeOct 14th 2016
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexWe have 'container' as a redirect for [[polynomial functor]], with the warning in the text that >The data $f$, $g$, and $h$ that specify a polynomial functor is sometimes referred to as a **container** (or an **indexed container**, with *container* reserved for the case $W=Z=1$). Other times *container* is used as a synonym for "polynomial functor". Has a standard use emerged? In which case we might want a separate page, so that we can talk about variants, such as the 'directed containers' of * D. Ahman, J. Chapman, T. Uustalu, _When is a Container a Comonad?_, [pdf](http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s1225336/papers/fossacs12-lmcs.pdf)

   We have ’container’ as a redirect for polynomial functor, with the warning in the text that

   The data $f$, $g$, and $h$ that specify a polynomial functor is sometimes referred to as a container (or an indexed container, with container reserved for the case $W=Z=1$). Other times container is used as a synonym for “polynomial functor”.

   Has a standard use emerged? In which case we might want a separate page, so that we can talk about variants, such as the ’directed containers’ of

   • D. Ahman, J. Chapman, T. Uustalu, When is a Container a Comonad?, pdf