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Reflexive-pair groupoid formula in a preadditive category (b∘a=a+b−rga,a−1=rfa+rga−a)

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For a reflexive pair f,g:A⇉B with section r in a preadditive category, each hom-set diagram defines a groupoid. Arrows a,b:C→A compose when ga=fb, by b∘a=a+b−rga. Identity at x:C→B is rx, and the inverse of a is rfa+rga−a. Bilinearity proves the endpoint, identity and associativity laws and compatibility with precomposition in C. In the hom-set formulation this does not assume that the composable-arrow pullback exists.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 18 / 7 / b / Solution

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