===== Overcategory ===== ==== Category ==== | @#55CCEE: context | @#55CCEE: ${\bf C}$ ... category | | @#55CCEE: context | @#55CCEE: $T\in{\bf C}$ | | @#FFBB00: definiendum | @#FFBB00: ${\bf C}/T$ | | @#FF9944: definition | @#FF9944: $\mathrm{Ob}_{{\bf C}/T}:=$ all arrows $f$, such that there is an object $S\in{\bf C}$, such that $f:{\bf C}[S,T]$ | | @#FF9944: definition | @#FF9944: ${\bf C}/T[f,g]:=$ all arrows $h$, such that $h\circ g = f$ | ----- === Elaboration === Given a (target) object $T$ in any category ${\bf C}$, the over category ${\bf C}/T$ has objects all arrows into $T$, and arrows all forwardings of their domains (there is one for each commutative triangle). === Reference === nLab: [[http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/overcategory|Overcategory]] ----- === Subset of === [[Categories]]