Types of category arrows
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Monic & Epic
Monic captures the idea of an injection
[ilmath]\xymatrix{X \ar@<-.5ex>[r]_g \ar@<.5ex>[r]^f & B \ar[r]^m & A} [/ilmath] |
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[ilmath]m[/ilmath] is monic if:
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And epic, which captures the idea of a surjection
[ilmath]\xymatrix{A \ar[r]^e & B \ar@<-.5ex>[r]_g \ar@<.5ex>[r]^f & X} [/ilmath] |
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[ilmath]m[/ilmath] is epic if:
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