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Theory of categories is all natural and abstract nonsense. Or is it? What would be the most unexpected and/or the least natural theorem of the theory of category? (It does not really have to be THE).

The Dirichlet pigeonhole principle, even if it belonged to the theory of categories (it does not), it would not provide the answer to my question. Indeed, its applications are striking. But the principle itself is obvious and natural.

Theory of categories is all natural and abstract nonsense. Or is it? What would be the most unexpected and/or the least natural theorem of the theory of category? (It does not really have to be THE).

Theory of categories is all natural and abstract nonsense. Or is it? What would be the most unexpected and/or the least natural theorem of the theory of category? (It does not really have to be THE).

The Dirichlet pigeonhole principle, even if it belonged to the theory of categories (it does not), it would not provide the answer to my question. Indeed, its applications are striking. But the principle itself is obvious and natural.

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The most unexpected and/or the least natural category theory theorem?

Theory of categories is all natural and abstract nonsense. Or is it? What would be the most unexpected and/or the least natural theorem of the theory of category? (It does not really have to be THE).