EGAVE

initial object

Meaning

  1. noun An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
    In the category of sets, the initial object is the empty set, since there exists a unique function, namely the empty function, from the empty set into any other given set.

Similar words

terminal object null object object zero object exponential object category subobject classifier subobject small category cocone

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