Geometric embedding 2026-10-07
A geometric embedding is a geometric morphism whose direct-image functor is full and faithful. Its inverse image presents a left-exact reflective subcategory of the target topos. It is the second part of the surjection-embedding factorization of a geometric morphism.
Surjective geometric morphism 2026-10-07
A geometric morphism is surjective when its inverse-image functor is faithful, equivalently conservative for geometric inverse images. Reflection of isomorphisms of subobjects already proves faithfulness by applying the inverse image to equalizers of parallel arrows. The surjection-embedding factorization of a geometric morphism separates this property from a fully faithful direct image.