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What is a groupoid?

What is a groupoid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (algebra) A magma: a set with a total binary operation.
  2. (algebra and category theory) A set with a partial binary operation that is associative and has inverses and identities.
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A groupoid is a category in which every morphism is an isomorphism.
Conway introduced the Mathieu groupoid, an extension of the Mathieu group M12 to 13 points.
This groupoid interpretation has been generalized in the following way, which gives an intuitive interpretation of the identity type.
We discuss a concept of loopoid as a non-associative generalization of groupoid.
In the interpreting frames, one would then start from a graded groupoid rather than a monoid.
Hence, is a groupoid principal isotope of and is an isomorph of.

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