Yoneda preserves certain colimits #
Given a bifunctor F : J ⥤ Cᵒᵖ ⥤ Type v
, we prove the isomorphism
Hom(YX, colim_j F(j, -)) ≅ colim_j Hom(YX, F(j, -))
, where Y
is the Yoneda embedding.
We state this in two ways. One is functorial in X
and stated as a natural isomorphism of functors
yoneda.op ⋙ yoneda.obj (colimit F) ≅ yoneda.op ⋙ colimit (F ⋙ yoneda)
, and from this we
deduce the more traditional preservation statement
PreservesColimit F (coyoneda.obj (op (yoneda.obj X)))
.
The proof combines the Yoneda lemma with the fact that colimits in functor categories are computed pointwise.
See also #
There is also a relative version of this statement where F : J ⥤ Over A
for some presheaf
A
, see Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Comma.Presheaf.Colimit
.
Naturally in X
, we have Hom(YX, colim_i Fi) ≅ colim_i Hom(YX, Fi)
.
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