Definition:Limit of Sets (Category Theory)

Definition

Let $\II$ be a small category.

Let $D : \II \to \mathbf {Set}$ be a diagram in the category of sets $\mathbf {Set}$.

The limit of sets of $D$ is defined as:

$\lim D := \set {\family {a_i}_{i \mathop \in \II}: \paren {\forall i \mathop \in \II : a_i \in \map D i} \wedge \paren {\forall i, j \mathop \in \II : \forall f \in \map {\mathrm {Hom}_{\II} } {i, j} : \map {\map D f} {a_i} = a_j} }$

The corresponding projections $\pi_j : \lim D \to \map D j$ are defined as:

$\forall j \in \II: \map {\pi_j} {\family {a_i}_{i \mathop \in \II} } := a_j$

Notation

$\lim D$ also stands for the categorical limit of $D$.

By Limit of Sets is Limit (Category Theory) this notation makes sense for the limit as defined in this article.

Also see

• Limit of Sets is Limit (Category Theory)

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