Wren,
>> For a specific example, I haven't the faintest intuition about
>> what 'map' should do. Suppose we have
>> {(k1)x1, (k2)x2}
>> and f x1 == f x2 = y. Should the value of map f {...} be
>> {(k1+k2)y} or {(k1`max`k2)y} or what?
>
> Good question. I'd suppose that they should be parametrized by any (Abelian?)
> group on the weights/multiplicities, where (+) is the canonical one since
> we're talking about "negative" membership.
Any groupoid on the multiplicities would do, I guess.
As I wrote in my answer to Richard, max seems a better choise, as it nicely
generalises mapping on sets.
Cheers,
Stefan
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