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several things this could mean
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Xa
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is
a
nonempty family of
- bjects
then a
prod t of the Xj
is
a pair
P
pa
- f an fbject P and
morphisms
Pa P
Xa satisfying the following unipoperty
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- bject
H and
morphisms farIt
Xa
a cA
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- f the XIs
is
a pair S W
- f
an
- bject S and
morphisms
y Xx
S
satisfying the following universalproperhy
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- bject
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and
morphisms
la Xp H
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f S
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