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David White
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Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e., why are products more common than coproducts, algebras more common than coalgebras, limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoicotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?

Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e. why are products more common than coproducts, algebras more common than coalgebras, limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?

Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e., why are products more common than coproducts, algebras more common than coalgebras, limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?

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Cameron Zwarich
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Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e. why are products more common than coproducts, algebras more common than coalgebras, limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?

Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e. why are limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?

Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e. why are products more common than coproducts, algebras more common than coalgebras, limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?

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Cameron Zwarich
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Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias?

Why does mathematics seem to have a polarity bias, i.e. why are limits more common than colimits, monads more common than comonads, topoi more common than cotopoi, etc. despite each pair being in a formal duality?