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In this chapter, we present the fundamental concept of a cartesian product and its dual, the coproduct, which is obtained from the first one by reversing arrows. We also introduce exponentials and subobject classifiers. These concepts are broadly used in modern mathematics, because they describe constructions that appear everywhere in mathematical creativity.
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Mazzola, G., Mannone, M., Pang, Y. (2016). Universal Properties. In: Cool Math for Hot Music. Computational Music Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42937-3_5
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