Questions tagged [limits-colimits]
For questions about categorical limits and colimits, including questions about (co)limits of general diagrams, questions about specific special kinds of (co)limits such as (co)products or (co)equalizers, and questions about generalizations such as weighted (co)limits and (co)ends.
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Does the category $\mathbf{Hilb}_m$ contain directed colimits?
I'm reading the paper "Hilbert spaces and $C^*$-Algebras are not finitely concrete" by Lieberman et al. (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1908.10200). When discussing the category $\mathbf{...
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subgroups of $(\mathbf Q, +)$ as direct limits
This is a follow-up to this question.
A finitely generated subgroup of $(\mathbf Q, +)$ is isomorphic to the direct limit of the system
$$\mathbf Z\xrightarrow{1}\mathbf Z\xrightarrow{1}\mathbf Z\...
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Is it true that $A[2]\cong \varinjlim_i (A_i[2])$ if $A\cong \varinjlim_{i\in I} A_i$?
Let $I$ be a directed set. Let consider the direct limit in the category of abelian groups. Suppose $A\cong \varinjlim_{i\in I} A_i$. Then, is it true that $A[2]\cong \varinjlim_i (A_i[2])$ ? Here, $[...
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When proving that colimits are universal (stable under pullback), why is it sufficient to prove it for coproducts and coequalizers?
I am trying to understand Borceux's proof that colimits are universal in Set. He opens by saying that it is sufficient to prove this for coproducts and coequalizers. I saw this answer, but I am ...
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Infinite tensor product of Hilbert spaces.
I was reading Chapter 6.2 of Martingales in Banach Spaces by Gilles Pisier. The result is used in the context: $L_2(G) = \bigotimes\limits_{k\geq0}L_2(\mathbb{T})$, where $G=\prod_{k\geq0}\mathbb{T}$ ...
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Does a functor which reflects limits also reflect cones?
Following Borceux's Categorical Algebra Definition 2.9.6:
Let $F: \mathcal{C}\to\mathcal{B}$ be a functor. $F$ reflects limits when, for every functor $G: \mathcal{D}\to\mathcal{A}$ with $\mathcal{D}$...
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Why restricted product $\prod'$ is $\varinjlim_{S\subset I \text{ runs finite subset of} I} (\prod_{i\in S} X_{i}\times \prod_{v\in I-S}Y_i)$
This is a question related to this page.
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/restricted+product .
Let $I$ be a directed set.
Let $X_i(i\in I)$ be a group.
Let $\prod'_{i\in I}(X_i,Y_i)$ be a restricted ...
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What is the subcategory of Top generated by the discrete spaces wrt limits and colimits?
In the category $\text{Top}$ of topological spaces, start with the subcategory $\text{Disc}$ of spaces equipped with the discrete topology (which is equivalent to $\text{Set}$). Then take its closure ...
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Equivalence Relations in the colimit of Sets
The Stacks project mentions colimit in the Sets and introduces the following equivalence relationship: $m_{i} \sim m_{i^{'}}$ if $m_{i} \in M_{i}$, $m_{i^{'}} \in M_{i^{'}}$ and $M(\varphi)(m_{i}) = ...
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Are all unions in a topos with complete subobject lattices secretly colimits? On a logical analogue of the AB5 axiom
To clarify, here “topos” always means an elementary topos; I do not assume sheaves on a site, where I already knew my question to have a positive answer.
It is known but not so immediate from the ...
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A sort of Day convolution without enrichment
Some time ago I was trying to define a monoidal structure on a functor category $[\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}]$ between two monoidal categories $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$, such that the monoid ...
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What morphism is sent to a monomorphism by the left Kan extension ${\rm Lan}_{\Delta}\colon{\bf Set^\Delta\to\bf Set^{\hat\Delta}}$ along Yoneda?
For any small category $C$, let us write $\hat{C} = \mathbf{Set}_C$ for the presheaf category $\mathbf{Set}^{C^{\mathrm{op}}}$, and $y=y_C\colon C\to \mathbf{Set}_C$ for the Yoneda embedding. Consider ...
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The universal bundle $\gamma_k\rightarrow BO_k$ is a real vector bundle
For all $n$, let $\gamma_k^n$ bet the tautological bundle over $Gr_k(\mathbb R^n)$, i.e.
$$\gamma_k^n=\{(V,v):V\in Gr_k(\mathbb R^n), v\in V\}$$
This is also naturally identified with the associated ...
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On the topology of $BO_k$
Let $BO_k$ be the classifying space given by:
$$BO_k=\varinjlim_{\mathbb N\ni n}Gr_k(\mathbb R^n)$$
I am trying to determine aspects about the topology of this space, but cannot find any sources that ...
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If a module is a limit of two inverse systems, then the two systems are isomorphic.
The original problem comes from corollary (10.10.6), chapter 10, Volumn I, EGA.
I state it in the language of modules here for convenience.
Claim. If an $R$-module $F$ is a limit of two inverse(or ...
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