Natural Transformation Before After

Text on the meme

Before After Natural transformation ⋮ In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a natural transformation provides a way of transforming one functor into another while respecting the internal structure of the categories involved. Hence, a natural transformation can be considered to be a "morphism of functors". Wikipedia

What it means

A split image contrasts an ordinary-looking man labeled “Before” with a muscular man labeled “After,” alongside diagrams from category theory and a Wikipedia definition of natural transformation. The joke treats a mathematical transformation as a literal physical transformation, turning an abstract concept into a body-transformation meme.

Objects

man / мужчина muscular man / мускулистый мужчина white shirt / белая рубашка underwear / нижнее бельё before-and-after collage / коллаж до и после mathematical diagram / математическая диаграмма arrows / стрелки graph paper / миллиметровая бумага Wikipedia page / страница Википедии computer screen / экран компьютера category theory notation / обозначения теории категорий