Definition. Projection operators for products [dt-0020]Liam O'ConnorDestruction of pairs is captured by the two projection operators, defined as follows: \begin {array}{lcl} \pi _0 : A \times B \rightarrow A & \qquad & \pi _1 : A \times B \rightarrow B \\ \pi _0(x, y) = x & & \pi _1(x, y) = y \\ \end {array}