The direct limit of groups is a colimit in GrpCat #
A directed system of groups G i, indexed by a directed preorder ι, with transition maps
f i j : G i →* G j, is a diagram ι ⥤ GrpCat. Mathlib's generic DirectLimit G f, with the
canonical maps DirectLimit.Monoid.of G f i, is a cocone over it, and the universal property
DirectLimit.Monoid.lift shows that this cocone is a colimit. Results about colimits of filtered
diagrams in GrpCat therefore apply to DirectLimit G f, and conversely DirectLimit G f is a
concrete model of the colimit of a directed system of groups.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.GrpCat.directLimitDiagram G f: the diagramι ⥤ GrpCatof a directed system of groups.TauCeti.GrpCat.directLimitCocone G f: the cocone with apexDirectLimit G f.TauCeti.GrpCat.directLimitIsColimit G f: this cocone is a colimit.
This follows ModuleCat.directLimitIsColimit, the corresponding statement for modules.
The diagram in GrpCat of a directed system of groups.
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The cocone over the diagram of a directed system of groups with apex the direct limit
DirectLimit G f and legs the canonical maps DirectLimit.Monoid.of G f i.
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The direct limit of a directed system of groups is a colimit in GrpCat.