Projective object
= Projective object
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= Projective object in a category
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= Projective objects in a category
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An object $P$ is projective when every morphism $P\to B$ lifts through every <epimorphism> $A\twoheadrightarrow B$. Equivalently, the functor $\mathcal C(P,-)$ preserves epimorphisms.