For categories C,D, their product category C×D is the category defined as follows:
Ob(C×D)=Ob(C)×Ob(D); that is,
objects in
C×D are pairs of an
object in
C and an
object in
D
HomC×D((a,x),(b,y))=HomC(a,b)×HomD(x,y); that is, a
morphism f:(a,x)→(b,y) in
C×D consists of a
morphism a→b in
C and a
morphism x→y in
D.