Talk:Cokernel

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[edit] Vector spaces before categories

I went ahead and put the definition for vector spaces before that for categories. I think that the most fundamental example should be before the definition in full generality. It is important to realize that not every mathematician is comfortable with the language of categories, whereas all are familiar with vector spaces. Furthermore, the most common versions of the cokernel (abelian groups and modules over a commutative ring) do not require this level of generality, and can be extrapolated from the vector space definition. silly rabbit (talk) 12:41, 14 March 2008 (UTC)