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Power objects turn coreflexive equalizers into coequalizers (PA⇉PBPe​PE)

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For a coreflexive pair f,g:B⇉A with equalizer e:E↪B, direct image along the mono f satisfies Pf∃f​=1 and Pg∃f​=∃e​Pe. Thus any map h:PB→Z equalizing Pf,Pg obeys h=h∃e​Pe. Since Pe∃e​=1, the map Pe is their coequalizer. These identities hold for parameterized subobjects in any elementary topos.

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