Show that $g\circ f$ is monic if $f$ and $g$ are monic

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Could anyone check if my proof is ok please?

$g\circ f$ is monic if $f$ and $g$ are monic

$g\circ f$ being monic means that for two parallel arrows $i$ and $j$ (ie they share the same domain and codomain), if $g\circ f \circ i=g\circ f \circ j$ then $i=j$. So we begin by assuming $g\circ f \circ i=g\circ f \circ j$.

Here we apply the def. of monic twice: since $g$ is monic, so $f\circ i = f\circ j$. Likewise since $f$ is monic, $i=j$.

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Yes, the proof is valid.

Associativity of $\circ$ allows one to omit parentheses but, at this stage, it might help to leave them in to see what's really going on. It's not necessary though.