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Implication details

Claim: Given a functor whose domain has equalizers, if it is conservative and preserves equalizers, then it is faithful.

Proof: Let f,g:X⇉Yf,g : X \rightrightarrows Y be two morphisms in the domain, and choose an equalizer E↪XE \hookrightarrow X. By assumption, F(E)→F(X)F(E) \to F(X) is the equalizer of F(f),F(g):F(X)⇉F(Y)F(f),F(g) : F(X) \rightrightarrows F(Y). Thus, if F(f)=F(g)F(f) = F(g), then F(E)→F(X)F(E) \to F(X) is an isomorphism. Since FF is conservative, E→XE \to X is an isomorphism, which means f=gf = g.

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