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Category Theory For Beginners: Products

Richard SouthwellRichard Southwell
55:57·2019·undergraduate level·Public Colloquium

This lecture introduces the categorical product, deriving its definition from the Cartesian product in set theory. It illustrates its application across preordered sets, monoids, and categories, demonstrating the isomorphism of any two categorical products for a given pair of objects.

In this video we explain how to define the categorical product, by starting with the Cartesian product in set theory. We see the categorical product in action within preordered sets, and see how the greatest common divisor emerges as an example. We also define the product of monoids, and the product of categories. We also show that any two categorical products of a given pair of objects will be isomorphic to each other.

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