coproduct

noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process

2

The colimit of two (or more) objects, without regard to any morphisms between them.

The coproduct is a structure constructed from several similar structures, equipped with appropriate inclusion maps, which generalises the disjoint union of sets, of topological spaces and the free product of groups.

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