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The empty biproduct is a zero object
Statement
If the empty family has a biproduct, then that object is a zero object.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: An empty biproduct object .
A biproduct is simultaneously a coproduct and a product (Biproduct).
The empty coproduct is initial and the empty product is terminal (Limits of empty diagrams are terminal objects, and colimits of empty diagrams are initial objects).
A zero object is an object that is both initial and terminal (Initial object, terminal object, and zero object).
Proof
By [L1], the empty biproduct object is both an empty coproduct and an empty product.
By [L2], those two roles make it initial and terminal.
Therefore it is a zero object by [L3].