https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_object_(algebra) Zero object (algebra) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Terminal_and_initial_object.svg/440px-Terminal_and_initial_object.svg.png (Morphisms to and from the zero object) The aforementioned abelian group structure is usually identified as addition, and the only element is called zero, so the object itself is typically denoted as {0}.