nLab cofiltered category

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Idea

The notion of a cofiltered category is dual to that of a filtered category. We refer to the latter page for the general theory; here we simply spell out a few things explicitly.

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Definition

A category 𝒞\mathcal{C} is cofiltered if its opposite category 𝒞 op\mathcal{C}^{op} is filtered.

Remark

In other words, a cofiltered category is one in which every finite diagram in 𝒞\mathcal{C} has a cone.

Remark

Explicitly, a cofiltered category 𝒞\mathcal{C} is one for which the following hold.

  1. 𝒞\mathcal{C} has at least one object.
  2. For every pair of objects c 1c_{1} and c 2c_{2} of 𝒞\mathcal{C}, there is an object c 3c_{3} of 𝒞\mathcal{C} such that there exists an arrow c 3c 1c_{3} \rightarrow c_{1} and there exists an arrow c 3c 2c_{3} \rightarrow c_{2}.
  3. For every pair of objects c 1c_{1} and c 2c_{2} of 𝒞\mathcal{C}, and every pair of arrows f,g:c 1c 2f, g: c_{1} \rightarrow c_{2}, there is an arrow h:cc 1h: c \rightarrow c_{1} such that fh=ghf \circ h = g \circ h.

Remark

In the final condition of Remark , note that hh is not required to satisfy any uniqueness condition with regard to the stated property. In particular, it is not necessarily an equaliser of ff and gg.

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