Group structures on subobjects #
A subobject of a group object inherits a unique group structure if the identity, multiplication, and inversion factor through it. The group axioms follow by cancellation of the monomorphism; no axioms need to be assumed for the lifted operations.
This is the categorical form of the closed-subgroup criterion for group schemes.
References #
- N. M. Katz and B. Mazur, Arithmetic Moduli of Elliptic Curves, §1.3.
The group structure induced on a subobject by lifts of identity, multiplication and inversion. Only the compatibility of the operations with the inclusion is required.
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The inclusion of the induced group object is a homomorphism.
A monomorphism into a monoid object admits at most one compatible group structure.
The unit of the induced group object is the specified lift.
The multiplication of the induced group object is the specified lift.
The inversion of the induced group object is the specified lift.