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category_theory.category.Quiv

The category of quivers #

The category of (bundled) quivers, and the free/forgetful adjunction between Cat and Quiv.

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def category_theory.Quiv  :
Type (max (u+1) u (v+1))

Category of quivers.

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Construct a bundled Quiv from the underlying type and the typeclass.

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Category structure on Quiv

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The forgetful functor from categories to quivers.

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The functor sending each quiver to its path category.

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def category_theory.Quiv.lift {V : Type u} [quiver V] {C : Type u_1} [category_theory.category C] (F : prefunctor V C) :

Any prefunctor into a category lifts to a functor from the path category.

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theorem category_theory.Quiv.lift_obj {V : Type u} [quiver V] {C : Type u_1} [category_theory.category C] (F : prefunctor V C) (X : category_theory.paths V) :

The adjunction between forming the free category on a quiver, and forgetting a category to a quiver.

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