On Strong Monomorphisms and Strong Epimorphisms

Enriched Factorization Systems

In a paper of 1974, Brian Day employed a notion of factorization system in the context of enriched category theory, replacing the usual diagonal lifting property with a corresponding criterion phrased in terms of hom-objects. We set forth the basic theory of such enriched factorization systems. In particular, we establish stability properties for enriched prefactorization systems, we examine th...

Equivariant Homotopy Epimorphisms, Homotopy Monomorphisms and Homotopy Equivalences

On Epimorphisms and Monomorphisms of Hopf Algebras

We notice that for a Hopf algebra H , its antipode S is both an epimorphism and a monomorphism from H to H in the category of Hopf algebras over a field. Together with the existence of Hopf algebras with non-injective or non-surjective antipode, this proves the existence of non-surjective epimorphisms and non-injective monomorphisms in the category of Hopf algebras. Using Schauenburg’s free Hop...

Monomorphisms of Coalgebras

In any concrete category C the natural problem of whether epimorphisms are surjective maps arise, as well as the dual problem of whether the monomorphisms are injective maps. This type of problems have already been studied before in several well known categories: for example in [6] it is shown that the property of epimorphisms of being surjective holds in the categories of von Neumann algebras,...

On a category of cluster algebras

Abstract. We introduce a category of cluster algebras with fixed initial seeds. This category has countable coproducts, which can be constructed combinatorially, but no products. We characterise isomorphisms and monomorphisms in this category and provide combinatorial methods for constructing special classes of monomorphisms and epimorphisms. In the case of cluster algebras from surfaces, we de...