Categorical product

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Definition

Suppose C is a category and A1,A2∈ObC. A categorical product, or simply product, of A1 and A2 is an object C∈ObC along with morphisms π1:C→A1,π2:C→A2, such that the following holds:

For any object D∈C and morphisms fi:D→Ai, there is a unique morphism g:D→C such that π1∘g=f1 and π2∘g=f2.