DefinitionDefinition: AI-adaptedProof: Not applicablejudge pass (gpt-5.6-terra)audited 2026-08-30

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The arrow category of an abelian category

Definition

Let $[1]$ denote the category with two objects and one nonidentity arrow. For an abelian category $A$ , the arrow category $A^{\to}$ is the functor category $[[1], A]$ .

Thus an object of $A^{\to}$ is a morphism $x : X_{0} \to X_{1}$ in $A$ , and a morphism in $A^{\to}$ is a commutative square between such arrows.

Because $[1]$ is small, this is an honest functor category by Functor category $[C, D]$ and If $C$ is small and $D$ is locally small then $[C, D]$ is locally small; if both are small it is small. Because limits and colimits in a functor category are computed pointwise, an abelian category gives an abelian arrow category as well.

Depends on

Used by

Naturality of the connecting morphism Theorem
Naturality of the homology connecting morphism Theorem

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Sources

The Stacks Project, Section 12.5, Lemma 12.5.18 (standard reference, not scraped)
Saunders Mac Lane, Categories for the Working Mathematician, Exercise VIII.4.4 (standard reference, not scraped)