> A good design is very important. > > In fact this is a vey generic categorical construction of (a sum or > coproduct in the category of rings). We should first consider how > general products and coproducts should be constructed, and set > up a common infrastructure and syntax. It needs to be (1) easy > and natural to use, (2) mathematically correct and complete. > One remark. The tensor product is only the coproduct in the category of commutative rings. In the category rings the coproduct is the free product but the tensor product still makes sense.
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