The Karoubi envelope and weak idempotent completion of an extriangulated category (Q2139722)

Extriangulated categories were introduced by \textit{H. Nakaoka} and \textit{Y. Palu} [Cah. Topol. Géom. Différ. Catég. 60, No. 2, 117--193 (2019; Zbl 1451.18021)] as a simultaneous generalisation of exact categories and triangulated categories. [\textit{P. Balmer} and \textit{M. Schlichting} [J. Algebra 236, No. 2, 819--834 (2001; Zbl 0977.18009)] showed that the idempotent completion of a triangulated category admits a triangulated structure. \textit{T. Bühler} [Expo. Math. 28, No. 1, 1--69 (2010; Zbl 1192.18007)] showed that the idempotent completion of an exact category is an exact category. In this paper, the author shows that the idempotent completion and weak idempotent completion of an extriangulated category are also extriangulated. This result unifies a result of Balmer-Schlichting and a result of Bühler.