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A nice algebraic law that holds in data types is

    a -> (b, c) = (a -> b, a -> c)
    (b * c)^a = b^a * c^a
This is useful as common argument factoring and can optimize repeated function calls.

Another is the famous

     (c^b)^a = c^(b * a)
     a -> b -> c = (a, b) -> c
Which is curry/uncurry or the "product/exponential adjunction" in category theory.

Finally, consider

    a^b * a^c = a^(b + c)
    (b -> a, c -> a) = Either b c -> a
Which essentially says that given a tuple of functions we can choose which one we want to evaluate. Choose b and c to be unit and notice that `() -> a` is essentially `a` (after all, a^1 = a) and you'll have

    a * a = a^2
    (a, a) = Bool -> a
Which is the seed of a useful way of memorizing pure functions (look up memo-combinators for many more details).



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