Coseparator

A coseparator $S$ in a category distinguishes parallel arrows by postcomposition: if $u\ne v:X\to B$, some $t:B\to S$ satisfies $tu\ne tv$. Equivalently, the contravariant functor $\mathcal{C}(-,S)$ is faithful. In a complete category that is a locally small category, the evaluation arrow $B\to {\prod }_{t\in \mathcal{C}(B,S)}S$ is a monomorphism.

A cogenerating set is a set-indexed family $(Q_i{)}_{i\in I}$ such that whenever $f\ne g:A\to B$, there is a morphism $q:B\to Q_i$ with $qf\ne qg$. It generalizes a single coseparator. In a locally small category with the needed products in a category, it gives an evaluation embedding into cogenerator products.

For a small cogenerating family $(Q_i)$ in a locally small category, the evaluation arrow $C\to {\prod }_{i,q\in \mathcal{C}(C,Q_i)}{Q}_i$ is a monomorphism whenever that small product in a category exists. Equality after all its projections is equality after every map to a cogenerator, hence equality of the original parallel morphisms.

In a complete category that is a locally small category with a coseparator $S$, suppose every monomorphism is a regular monomorphism. The evaluation embedding $B\to S^I$, $I=\mathcal{C}(B,S)$, is an equalizer of some pair into $Q$. Composing that pair with the evaluation embedding $Q\to S^J$ leaves the equalizer unchanged. Here powers mean products in a category indexed by sets, without assuming an exponential object exists.