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Monoid vs Monad - What's the difference?

monoid | monad |

As nouns the difference between monoid and monad

is that monoid is a set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation while monad is an ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

monoid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation.

    • Hypernyms

    * semigroup

    Hyponyms

    * group

    See also

    * * category * groupoid * loop * magma * quasigroup * submonoid

    Anagrams

    * (l) ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • monad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
  • (mathematics, computing) A monoid in the category of endofunctors.
  • A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group.

    • Related terms

    * monadic

    See also

    * ("monad" on Wikipedia) * dyad * triad

    Anagrams

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