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Yoneda embedding detects split epimorphisms (y(f) epic⟺f split epic)

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For f:A→B, the Yoneda embedding sends f to postcomposition C(−,A)→C(−,B). If this is epic in the presheaf category, its component at B is surjective, so 1B​=fg for some g:B→A. Conversely such a section makes the natural transformation split epic. Pointwise surjectivity follows directly by doubling the target presheaf along the image subpresheaf: the two inclusions agree on the image but differ on any element outside it.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2003 / iii / Paper 18 / 1 / iv / Solution

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