Monic morphism

cosmos 18th November 2017 at 7:31pm
Category theory

aka monomorphism

A Morphism ff is monic if g,h.fg=fhh=g\forall g,h. f \circ g = f \circ h \Rightarrow h = g

In the case of functions, this is equivalent to it being injective

It is the dual to Epic morphism

Monics which are Equalizer (category theory) are called regular monics

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