Structure

extremal cogenerator

An object QQ of a category is called an extremal cogenerator if it is a cogenerator and for every morphism f:A→Bf : A \to B, if −∘f:Hom⁡(B,Q)→Hom⁡(A,Q){-}\circ f : \Hom(B,Q)\to\Hom(A,Q) is a bijection, then ff is an isomorphism. Equivalently, the functor Hom⁡(−,Q):Cop→Set+\Hom(-,Q) : \C^{\op} \to \Set^+ is faithful and conservative. This property refers to the existence of an extremal cogenerator.In a locally essentially small category with products, it is also equivalent to the condition that the canonical morphism A→∏f∈Hom⁡(A,Q)Q\textstyle A \to \prod_{f\in\Hom(A,Q)} Q is an extremal monomorphism for every object AA, explaining the terminology (see Prop. 5.3 at the nLab).By definition, QQ is an extremal cogenerator if and only if {Q}\{Q\} is an extremal cogenerating collection.

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Examples

There are 87 categories with this property.

Counterexamples

There are 45 categories without this property.

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