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Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Limits.ExactFunctor

Bundled exact functors #

We say that a functor F is left exact if it preserves finite limits, it is right exact if it preserves finite colimits, and it is exact if it is both left exact and right exact.

In this file, we define the categories of bundled left exact, right exact and exact functors.

C ⥤ₗ D denotes left exact functors C ⥤ D

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C ⥤ᵣ D denotes right exact functors C ⥤ D

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def CategoryTheory.ExactFunctor (C : Type u₁) [CategoryTheory.Category.{v₁, u₁} C] (D : Type u₂) [CategoryTheory.Category.{v₂, u₂} D] :
Type (max (max (max u₁ u₂) v₁) v₂)

Bundled exact functors.

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C ⥤ₑ D denotes exact functors C ⥤ D

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An exact functor is in particular a functor.

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Turn a left exact functor into an object of the category LeftExactFunctor C D.

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Turn a right exact functor into an object of the category RightExactFunctor C D.

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