Full subcategory
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
A subcategory 
of a category 
such that for any objects 
and 
from 
one has the equality
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Thus, a full subcategory is completely defined by the class of its objects. Conversely, any subclass of the class of objects of a category 
uniquely defines a full subcategory, for which it serves as the class of objects. This subcategory contains only those morphisms for which the sources and targets belong to that subclass. In particular, the full subcategory corresponding to a single object 
consists of the set 
.
Many important classes of subcategories are full subcategories (reflective and co-reflective subcategories, varieties, etc.).
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References
| [a1] | B. Mitchell, "Theory of categories" , Acad. Press (1965) |
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Full subcategory. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Full_subcategory&oldid=32773
Full subcategory. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Full_subcategory&oldid=32773
This article was adapted from an original article by M.Sh. Tsalenko (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article