Inserter category

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In category theory, a branch of mathematics, the inserter category is a variation of the comma category where the two functors are required to have the same domain category.

Definition

If C and D are two categories and F and G are two functors from C to D, the inserter category Ins(FG) is the category whose objects are pairs (Xf) where X is an object of C and f is a morphism in D from F(X) to G(X) and whose morphisms from (Xf) to (Yg) are morphisms h in C from X to Y such that [math]\displaystyle{ G(h) \circ f = g \circ F(h) }[/math].[1]

Properties

If C and D are locally presentable, F and G are functors from C to D, and either F is cocontinuous or G is continuous; then the inserter category Ins(FG) is also locally presentable.[2]

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