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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 iii Paper 18 2 a Solution by
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A monomorphism satisfies , and an epimorphism satisfies . A strong monomorphism is a monomorphism with the right lifting property against all epimorphisms: every square has a diagonal satisfying and . The diagonal is unique by monicity. A regular monomorphism is an equalizer of some pair . It is monic because two equalizer factorizations of the same arrow must agree.
The converted TeX omits the remainder of this subpart. For the printed strict monomorphism condition, an arrow is admissible when, for every pair out of , the implication holds; strictness says each such factors uniquely through . If equalizes , every admissible satisfies , and the equalizer property supplies its unique factorization. Hence every regular monomorphism is strict.
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