Structure

Inclusion functors

Lemma 1.

Let D\D be a category that has an extremal cogenerating collection SS. Let C⊆D\C \subseteq \D be a full subcategory that contains every object of SS. Then the inclusion functor U:C↪DU : \C \hookrightarrow \D preserves all colimits that exist in C\C and in D\D. In particular, if D\D is cocomplete, UU is cocontinuous.

Proof. Let D:I→CD : \I \to \C be a diagram such that DD has a colimit (ui:D(i)→X)(u_i : D(i) \to X) in C\C and U∘DU \circ D has a colimit (vi:D(i)→Y)(v_i : D(i) \to Y) in D\D. There is a unique morphism f:Y→Xf : Y \to X such that f∘vi=uif \circ v_i = u_i for every i∈Ii \in \I. Moreover, for every object T∈CT \in \C the map of sets

f∗:Hom⁡(X,T)→Hom⁡(Y,T)f^* : \Hom(X,T) \to \Hom(Y,T)

is a bijection; both sides identify with cones D→TD \to T. Now apply this to T∈ST \in S to conclude that ff is an isomorphism. □\square

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