In mathematics, and especially in category theory, a commutative diagram is a diagram such that all directed paths in the diagram with the same start and endpoints lead to the same result. It is said that commutative diagrams play the role in category theory that equations play in algebra.
In mathematics and especially in category theory a commutative diagram is a diagram such that all directed paths in the diagram with the same start and endpoints lead to the same result It is said that commutative diagrams play the role in category theory that equations play in algebra.