preserves regular monomorphisms
A functor preserves regular monomorphisms if every regular monomorphism in is mapped to a regular monomorphism in .
- Dual property: preserves regular epimorphisms
- Related properties: left exact, preserves equalizers, preserves monomorphisms
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Relevant implications
Examples
There are 31 functors with this property.
- binary coproduct functor on sets
- binary diagonal functor on the category of sets
- binary product functor on sets
- contravariant power set functor
- countable copower functor on sets
- covariant power set functor
- discrete topology functor
- doubling functor on sets
- forgetful functor for groups
- forgetful functor for rings
- forgetful functor for topological spaces
- forgetful functor for vector spaces
- forgetful functor from abelian groups to groups
- forgetful functor from groups to monoids
- forgetful functor from groups to pointed sets
- forgetful functor from rings to monoids
- free group functor
- functor of continuous functions
- group of units functor
- identity functor on the category of sets
- indiscrete topology functor
- monoid ring functor
- opposite category functor
- opposite monoid functor
- p-torsion functor
- sequences functor on sets
- squaring functor on sets
- torsion functor
- trivial functor from the category of groups
- trivial functor from the category of sets
- walking isomorphism object inclusion
Counterexamples
There are 5 functors without this property.
- abelianization functor for groups
- enveloping group functor
- fundamental group functor
- modulo p functor
- path components functor
Unknown
There are 0 functors for which the database has no information on whether they satisfy this property.
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