A free functor is a type of functor that assigns to each object in a category a free object in another category, effectively constructing a free algebra or structure over those objects. This concept allows us to take structures from one category and freely generate new structures in another, often connecting with notions of adjunction and the creation of Kleisli categories, where certain types of algebras arise naturally from monads.
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