The cuboid lemma and Mal'tsev categories

DOI10.1007/S10485-013-9352-5zbMATH Open1305.18009arXiv1404.5191OpenAlexW1943751242WikidataQ123146875 ScholiaQ123146875MaRDI QIDQ2254584FDOQ2254584

Authors: Marino Gran, Diana Rodelo 

Publication date: 5 February 2015

Published in: Applied Categorical Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that a regular category $mathcalC$ is a Mal'tsev category if and only if a strong form of the denormalised $3imes3$ Lemma holds true in $mathcalC$. In this version of the $3imes3$ Lemma, the vertical exact forks are replaced by pullbacks of regular epimorphisms along arbitrary morphisms. The shape of the diagram it determines suggests to call it the Cuboid Lemma. This new characterisation of regular categories that are Mal'tsev categories (= $2$-permutable) is similar to the one previously obtained for Goursat categories (= $3$-permutable). We also analyse the "relative" version of the Cuboid Lemma and extend our results to that context.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.5191

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zbMATH Keywords

pushoutsMal'tsev conditionGoursat category\(3 {\times} 3\) lemma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Categories of algebras (08C05) Categories of spans/cospans, relations, or partial maps (18B10) Abelian categories, Grothendieck categories (18E10) Equational categories (18C05)

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