initial object
noun1
Category theory, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
- In the category of sets, the initial object is the empty set, since there exists a unique function, namely the empty function, from the empty set into any other given set.
- Antonyms
- terminal object
- Hyponyms
- null object