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Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Limits.Shapes.Terminal

Initial and terminal objects in a category. #

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A category has a terminal object if it has a limit over the empty diagram. Use hasTerminal_of_unique to construct instances.

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    A category has an initial object if it has a colimit over the empty diagram. Use hasInitial_of_unique to construct instances.

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      An arbitrary choice of terminal object, if one exists. You can use the notation ⊤_ C. This object is characterized by having a unique morphism from any object.

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        An arbitrary choice of initial object, if one exists. You can use the notation ⊥_ C. This object is characterized by having a unique morphism to any object.

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          Notation for the terminal object in C

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            Notation for the initial object in C

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              We can more explicitly show that a category has a terminal object by specifying the object, and showing there is a unique morphism to it from any other object.

              We can more explicitly show that a category has an initial object by specifying the object, and showing there is a unique morphism from it to any other object.

              A terminal object is terminal.

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                An initial object is initial.

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                  The (unique) isomorphism between the chosen initial object and any other initial object.

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                    The (unique) isomorphism between the chosen terminal object and any other terminal object.

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                      Any morphism to an initial object is split epi.

                      The limit of the constant ⊤_ C functor is ⊤_ C.

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                        The colimit of the constant ⊥_ C functor is ⊥_ C.

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                          To show a category is an InitialMonoClass it suffices to show every morphism out of the initial object is a monomorphism.

                          To show a category is an InitialMonoClass it suffices to show the unique morphism from the initial object to a terminal object is a monomorphism.

                          The comparison morphism from the image of a terminal object to the terminal object in the target category. This is an isomorphism iff G preserves terminal objects, see CategoryTheory.Limits.PreservesTerminal.ofIsoComparison.

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                            The comparison morphism from the initial object in the target category to the image of the initial object.

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                              For a functor F : J ⥤ C, if J has an initial object then the image of it is isomorphic to the limit of F.

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                                For a functor F : J ⥤ C, if J has a terminal object and all the morphisms in the diagram are isomorphisms, then the image of the terminal object is isomorphic to the limit of F.

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                                  For a functor F : J ⥤ C, if J has a terminal object then the image of it is isomorphic to the colimit of F.

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                                    For a functor F : J ⥤ C, if J has an initial object and all the morphisms in the diagram are isomorphisms, then the image of the initial object is isomorphic to the colimit of F.

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