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<p>occur in several branches of mathematics. </p>

<p>The functions from a set into itself form a monoid with respect to function composition. More generally, in <a href="page.php?w=category_theory">category theory</a>, the morphisms of an <a href="page.php?w=object_%28category_theory%29">object</a> to itself form a monoid, and, conversely, a monoid may be viewed as a category with a single object. </p>

<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a> and <a href="page.php?w=computer_programming">computer programming</a>, the set</p><p>
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