infinitary extensive

A category C\C is infinitary extensive when it has coproducts and for all families of objects (Ai)i∈I(A_i)_{i \in I} the coproduct functor ∏i∈I(C/Ai)→C/(∐i∈IAi),\textstyle \prod_{i \in I} (\C/A_i) \to \C/(\coprod_{i \in I} A_i), that maps a family of morphisms (Xi→Ai)i∈I(X_i \to A_i)_{i \in I} to their coproduct ∐i∈IXi→∐i∈IAi\coprod_{i \in I} X_i \to \coprod_{i \in I} A_i, is an equivalence of categories. This is equivalent to the following three conditions:

  1. Pullbacks along coproduct inclusions exist, i.e. for every morphism T→∐i∈IAiT \to \coprod_{i \in I} A_i and every i∈Ii \in I the pullback T×∐i∈IAiAiT \times_{\coprod_{i \in I} A_i} A_i exists.
  2. Coproducts are disjoint: Each coproduct inclusion Ai→∐i∈IAiA_i \to \coprod_{i \in I} A_i is a monomorphism, and for i≠ji \neq j the pullback Ai×∐i∈IAiAjA_i \times_{\coprod_{i \in I} A_i} A_j is the initial object 00.
  3. Coproducts are stable under pullbacks: For every morphism T→∐i∈IAiT \to \coprod_{i \in I} A_i, if we define the pullbacks Ti≔T×∐i∈IAiAiT_i \coloneqq T \times_{\coprod_{i \in I} A_i} A_i for i∈Ii \in I, then the canonical morphism ∐i∈ITi→T\coprod_{i \in I} T_i \to T is an isomorphism.
For a proof of this equivalent characterization, see Section 2 in Introduction to extensive and distributive categories by Carboni-Lack-Walters; this covers the finite case, but the infinite case is similar.

Relevant implications

Examples

There are 37 categories with this property.

Counterexamples

There are 96 categories without this property.

Unknown

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