• Functoriality. The assignment $A,B,\webleft (A,B\webright )\mapsto A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B$ defines functors
    \[ \begin{array}{ccc} A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}-\colon \mkern -15mu & \mathsf{Sets} \mkern -17.5mu& {}\mathbin {\to }\mathsf{Sets},\\ -\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B\colon \mkern -15mu & \mathsf{Sets} \mkern -17.5mu& {}\mathbin {\to }\mathsf{Sets},\\ -_{1}\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}-_{2}\colon \mkern -15mu & \mathsf{Sets}\times \mathsf{Sets} \mkern -17.5mu& {}\mathbin {\to }\mathsf{Sets}, \end{array} \]

    where $-_{1}\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}-_{2}$ is the functor where

    • Action on Objects. For each $\webleft (A,B\webright )\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Sets}\times \mathsf{Sets}\webright )$, we have

      \[ \webleft [-_{1}\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}-_{2}\webright ]\webleft (A,B\webright )\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B. \]

    • Action on Morphisms. For each $\webleft (A,B\webright ),\webleft (X,Y\webright )\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Sets}\webright )$, the action on $\textup{Hom}$-sets

      \[ \mathbin {\textstyle \coprod _{\webleft (A,B\webright ),\webleft (X,Y\webright )}} \colon \mathsf{Sets}\webleft (A,X\webright )\times \mathsf{Sets}\webleft (B,Y\webright )\to \mathsf{Sets}\webleft (A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B,X\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}Y\webright ) \]

      of $\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}$ at $\webleft (\webleft (A,B\webright ),\webleft (X,Y\webright )\webright )$ is defined by sending $\webleft (f,g\webright )$ to the function

      \[ f\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}g\colon A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B\to X\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}Y \]

      defined by

      \[ \webleft [f\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}g\webright ]\webleft (x\webright )\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}\begin{cases} \webleft (0,f\webleft (a\webright )\webright ) & \text{if $x=\webleft (0,a\webright )$,}\\ \webleft (1,g\webleft (b\webright )\webright ) & \text{if $x=\webleft (1,b\webright )$,}\end{cases} \]

      for each $x\in A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B$.

    and where $A\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}-$ and $-\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}B$ are the partial functors of $-_{1}\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}-_{2}$ at $A,B\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Sets}\webright )$.


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