#readwise # Magmas  ## Metadata - Author: [[Mark Seemann]] - Full Title: Magmas - URL: https://blog.ploeh.dk/2017/12/27/magmas/ ## Summary This is article is a part of a bigger blog series that covers various topics from category theory. The series includes other articles on the topic of magmas. Here's a list, retrieved on March 17, 2023. - Rock Paper Scissors magma - Colour-mixing magma ## Highlights - A binary operation with no constraints on its behaviour is called a magma. - **All binary operations are magmas**. If they have additional properties, we may call them quasigroups, or monoids, or some such, depending on the specific properties, but they're still all magmas. This is the most inclusive category.