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Also known as coequaliser

In category theory, a coequalizer (or coequaliser) is a generalization of the quotient of a set by an equivalence relation to objects in an arbitrary category. It is the categorical construction dual to the equalizer.

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In category theory, a coequalizer (or coequaliser) is a generalization of the quotient of a set by an equivalence relation to objects in an arbitrary category. It is the categorical construction dual to the equalizer.

== Definition == A coequalizer is the colimit of a diagram consisting of two objects X and Y and two parallel morphisms .

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