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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 26 3 ii Solution by
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Take . By assumption has finite limits, so has finite colimits. A filtered category is nonempty, admits a cocone over every pair of objects, and admits a coequalizing arrow for every parallel pair. The initial object of gives nonemptiness, its binary coproducts give the required two-object cocones, and its coequalizers equalize parallel arrows. Consequently . These statements also handle the otherwise possible empty category of elements.
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