👉 In mathematics, a "sumbal" is an element of some structure. It could be a set, a function, or any other mathematical object that can be combined into a single value without changing its type (i.e., it does not change the type of the input). For example, in set theory, a sumbal can represent the sum of all elements in a set. In functional programming, a "sumbal" could refer to an accumulator function or an element that accumulates values from