Spahn couniversal mapping property 1 (Rev #2)

Let F:XCF:X\to C be a functor between categories. A CC morphism f:aF(x)f:a\to F(x) is called to satisfy the couniversal mapping property with respect to FF, if f=0C/Ff=0\in C/F is initial in the comma category C/FC/F.

This means: for any yXy\in X and any morphism ϕ:aG(y)\phi:a\to G(y) there is a morphism ψ:xy\psi:x\to y such that

a f F(x) ϕ G(ψ) G(y)\array{ a&\stackrel{f}{\mapsto}&F(x) \\ &\searrow^\phi&\downarrow^{G(\psi)} \\ &&G(y) }

commutes.

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