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In , monomorphisms are exactly injections and epimorphisms are exactly surjections
Statement
In , a function is monic exactly when it is injective, and it is epic exactly when it is surjective.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A function regarded as a morphism of .
The morphisms of are functions (Sets and functions form the large locally small category ), monic and epic mean cancellation (Monomorphism and epimorphism by left and right cancellation), and injective, surjective, and bijective have their usual fibrewise meanings (Injection, surjection, bijection).
Proof
If is injective, implies pointwise, so is monic; if is not injective, choose with , and the two maps from a singleton selecting show that is not monic.
If is surjective and , then for each choose an only for this fixed with , giving ; hence and is epic.
If is not surjective, let be constantly and let be on and outside ; then but , so is not epic.
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Sources
- Emily Riehl, Category Theory in Context, Chapter 1 (standard reference, not scraped)