Exact sequences in abelian categories #
In an abelian category, we get several interesting results related to exactness which are not true in more general settings.
Main results #
(f, g)is exact if and only iff ≫ g = 0andkernel.ι g ≫ cokernel.π f = 0. This characterisation tends to be less cumbersome to work with than the original definition involving the comparison mapimage f ⟶ kernel g.- If
(f, g)is exact, thenimage.ι fhas the universal property of the kernel ofg. fis a monomorphism iffkernel.ι f = 0iffExact 0 f, andfis an epimorphism iffcokernel.π = 0iffExact f 0.- A faithful functor between abelian categories that preserves zero morphisms reflects exact sequences.
X ⟶ Y ⟶ Z ⟶ 0is exact if and only if the second map is a cokernel of the first, and0 ⟶ X ⟶ Y ⟶ Zis exact if and only if the first map is a kernel of the second.- An exact functor preserves exactness, more specifically,
Fpreserves finite colimits and finite limits, if and only ifExact f gimpliesExact (F.map f) (F.map g).
In an abelian category, a pair of morphisms f : X ⟶ Y, g : Y ⟶ Z is exact
iff imageSubobject f = kernelSubobject g.
The dual result is true even in non-abelian categories, see
CategoryTheory.exact_comp_mono_iff.
If (f, g) is exact, then Abelian.image.ι f is a kernel of g.
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If (f, g) is exact, then image.ι f is a kernel of g.
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If (f, g) is exact, then Abelian.coimage.π g is a cokernel of f.
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If (f, g) is exact, then factorThruImage g is a cokernel of f.
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If ex : Exact f g and epi g, then cokernel.desc _ _ ex.w is an isomorphism.
If X ⟶ Y ⟶ Z ⟶ 0 is exact, then the second map is a cokernel of the first.
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If 0 ⟶ X ⟶ Y ⟶ Z is exact, then the first map is a kernel of the second.
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A functor preserving finite limits and finite colimits preserves exactness. The converse
result is also true, see Functor.preservesFiniteLimitsOfMapExact and
Functor.preservesFiniteColimitsOfMapExact.
A functor which preserves exactness preserves zero morphisms.
A functor which preserves exactness preserves monomorphisms.
A functor which preserves exactness preserves epimorphisms.
A functor which preserves exactness preserves kernels.
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A functor which preserves exactness preserves zero cokernels.
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A functor which preserves exactness is left exact, i.e. preserves finite limits.
This is part of the inverse implication to Functor.map_exact.
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A functor which preserves exactness is right exact, i.e. preserves finite colimits.
This is part of the inverse implication to Functor.map_exact.
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A functor preserving zero morphisms, monos, and cokernels preserves finite limits.
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A functor preserving zero morphisms, epis, and kernels preserves finite colimits.