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Terminal Object


In a category C, a terminal object is an object T in Ob(C) such that for any other object X in Ob(C), there is one, and only one morphism from X to T.


See also

Category, Initial Object

This entry contributed by John Renze

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Renze, John. "Terminal Object." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TerminalObject.html

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