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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeSep 16th 2018
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexPage created, but author did not leave any comments. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/multifunctor/1">v1</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/multifunctor">current</a>

   Page created, but author did not leave any comments.

   v1, current

2. • CommentRowNumber2.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeSep 16th 2018
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexthought the author did leave a comment. Anyway, started just a bare minimum, for completeness

   thought the author did leave a comment. Anyway, started just a bare minimum, for completeness

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   • CommentAuthorvarkor
   • CommentTimeJul 21st 2022
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   Author: varkor
   Format: MarkdownItexI think this concept is poorly named. This should simply be called a "functor of multicategories" or something along those lines. A "multifunctor" ought to be an $n$-ary generalisation of a functor, including [[bifunctors]], for instance, and making $\mathbf{Cat}$ into a multicategory. In fact, this term is used that way at least [in some places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functor#Bifunctors_and_multifunctors).

   I think this concept is poorly named. This should simply be called a “functor of multicategories” or something along those lines. A “multifunctor” ought to be an $n$-ary generalisation of a functor, including bifunctors, for instance, and making $\mathbf{Cat}$ into a multicategory. In fact, this term is used that way at least in some places.

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJul 21st 2022
   • (edited Jul 21st 2022)
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexLooking at the entry, I see that I once created it. But I am not invested in this. If you feel like renaming/rewriting, please go ahead! (But, unfortunately, the functionality of renaming entries has a bug at the moment. Should we try to rename the entry, then probably the old copy will stay around, and I am not sure which of the two will be editable afterwards. I am hoping the technical team will be looking into this, but maybe not.)

   Looking at the entry, I see that I once created it. But I am not invested in this. If you feel like renaming/rewriting, please go ahead!

   (But, unfortunately, the functionality of renaming entries has a bug at the moment. Should we try to rename the entry, then probably the old copy will stay around, and I am not sure which of the two will be editable afterwards. I am hoping the technical team will be looking into this, but maybe not.)

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeJul 22nd 2022
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexChristian@technical-team kindly informs me that he thinks he has fixed the bug in the page renaming mechanism, so I'll try my luck again: Am renaming the entry from "multifunctor" to "morphism of multicategories", and will create another entry *[[multifunctor]]* with a brief disambiguation. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/morphism+of+multicategories/2">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/morphism+of+multicategories/2">v2</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/morphism+of+multicategories">current</a>

   Christian@technical-team kindly informs me that he thinks he has fixed the bug in the page renaming mechanism, so I’ll try my luck again:

   Am renaming the entry from “multifunctor” to “morphism of multicategories”, and will create another entry multifunctor with a brief disambiguation.

   diff, v2, current