• Functoriality. The assignment $\webleft\{ A_{i}\webright\} _{i\in I}\mapsto \prod _{i\in I}A_{i}$ defines a functor
    \[ \prod _{i\in I}\colon \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (I_{\mathsf{disc}},\mathsf{Sets}\webright )\to \mathsf{Sets} \]

    where

    • Action on Objects. For each $\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Fun}\webleft (I_{\mathsf{disc}},\mathsf{Sets}\webright )\webright )$, we have

      \[ \webleft[\prod _{i\in I}\webright]\webleft (\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\webright )\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}\prod _{i\in I}A_{i} \]

    • Action on Morphisms. For each $\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I},\webleft (B_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Fun}\webleft (I_{\mathsf{disc}},\mathsf{Sets}\webright )\webright )$, the action on $\textup{Hom}$-sets

      \[ \webleft(\prod _{i\in I}\webright)_{\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I},\webleft (B_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}} \colon \text{Nat}\webleft (\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I},\webleft (B_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\webright )\to \mathsf{Sets}\webleft(\prod _{i\in I}A_{i},\prod _{i\in I}B_{i}\webright) \]

      of $\prod _{i\in I}$ at $\webleft (\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I},\webleft (B_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\webright )$ is defined by sending a map

      \[ \webleft\{ f_{i}\colon A_{i}\to B_{i} \webright\} _{i\in I} \]

      in $\text{Nat}\webleft (\webleft (A_{i}\webright )_{i\in I},\webleft (B_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\webright )$ to the map of sets

      \[ \prod _{i\in I}f_{i}\colon \prod _{i\in I}A_{i}\to \prod _{i\in I}B_{i} \]

      defined by

      \[ \webleft[\prod _{i\in I}f_{i}\webright]\webleft (\webleft (a_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\webright ) \mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}\webleft (f_{i}\webleft (a_{i}\webright )\webright )_{i\in I} \]

      for each $\webleft (a_{i}\webright )_{i\in I}\in \prod _{i\in I}A_{i}$.


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