Image (category theory)

Given a category , two objects in it, X and Y and a morphism , an object I is called the image of f if there exists a morphism and a monomorphism such that f=hg and for any object Z with a morphism and a monomorphism such that f=lk, there exists a unique morphism such that k=mg and h=lm.

See also universal property.

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