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Well-pointed category

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In category theory, a category with a terminal object is well-pointed if for every pair of arrows such that , there is an arrow such that . (The arrows are called the global elements or points of the category; a well-pointed category is thus one that has "enough points" to distinguish non-equal arrows.)

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  • Pitts, Andrew M. (2013). Nominal Sets: Names and Symmetry in Computer Science. Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science. Vol. 57. Cambridge University Press. p. 16. ISBN 1107017785.