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category_theory.limits.filtered_colimit_commutes_finite_limit

Filtered colimits commute with finite limits.

We show that for a functor F : J × K ⥤ Type v, when J is finite and K is filtered, the universal morphism colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit F comparing the colimit (over K) of the limits (over J) with the limit of the colimits is an isomorphism.

(In fact, to prove that it is injective only requires that J has finitely many objects.)

References

Injectivity doesn't need that we have finitely many morphisms in J, only that there are finitely many objects.

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theorem category_theory.limits.colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit_injective {J K : Type v} [category_theory.small_category J] [category_theory.small_category K] (F : J × K ⥤ Type v) [category_theory.is_filtered K] [fintype J] :
function.injective (category_theory.limits.colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit F)

This follows this proof from

  • Borceux, Handbook of categorical algebra 1, Theorem 2.13.4
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theorem category_theory.limits.colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit_surjective {J K : Type v} [category_theory.small_category J] [category_theory.small_category K] (F : J × K ⥤ Type v) [category_theory.is_filtered K] [category_theory.fin_category J] :
function.surjective (category_theory.limits.colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit F)

This follows this proof from

  • Borceux, Handbook of categorical algebra 1, Theorem 2.13.4 although with different names.
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@[instance]
def category_theory.limits.colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit_is_iso {J K : Type v} [category_theory.small_category J] [category_theory.small_category K] (F : J × K ⥤ Type v) [category_theory.is_filtered K] [category_theory.fin_category J] :
category_theory.is_iso (category_theory.limits.colimit_limit_to_limit_colimit F)

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