categorical product

English

Noun

categorical product (plural categorical products)

1. (mathematics) The limit of two (or more) objects, considered without regard to any arrows between them.

   The categorical product generalises the Cartesian product of sets, product of topological spaces and direct product of groups.

Hypernyms

• limit

Hyponyms

• Cartesian product
• direct product
• product space

Meronyms

• projection

Related terms

• coproduct

Translations

mathematical construction

• Russian: категорное произведение n (kategornoje proizvedenije)