module Cat.Diagram.Colimit.Base whereprivate variable
o ℓ o' ℓ' : LevelColimits🔗
Idea🔗
Colimits are dual to limits; much like their duals, they generalize constructions in several settings to arbitrary categories. A colimit (if it exists), is the “best solution” to an “identification problem”. This is in contrast to the limit, which acts as a solution to an “equational problem”.
Therefore, we define colimits in a similar way to limits. the only difference being that we define the colimit of a diagram as a left Kan extension instead of a right Kan extension. This gives us the expected “mapping out” universal property, as opposed to the “mapping in” property associated to limits.
Note that approach to colimits is not what normally presented in introductory material. Instead, most books opt to define colimits via cocones, as they are less abstract, though harder to work with in the long run.
private variable
o₁ o₂ o₃ h₁ h₂ h₃ : Levelmodule _ {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂} (Diagram : Functor J C) where
private
module C = Precategory C
is-colimit : (x : C.Ob) → Diagram => Const x → Type _
is-colimit x cocone =
is-lan !F Diagram (!Const x) cocone
Colimit : Type _
Colimit = Lan !F DiagramConcretely🔗
As mentioned, our definition is very abstract, meaning we can directly re-use definitions and theorems about Kan extensions in the setting of colimits. The trade-off is that while working with colimits in general is easier, working with specific colimits becomes more difficult, as the data we actually care about has been obfuscated.
One particularly egregious failure is… actually constructing
colimits. The definition in terms of Lan hides the concrete data behind a few
abstractions, which would be very tedious to write out each time. To
work around this, we provide an auxiliary record type, make-is-colimit, as an intermediate step
in constructing left extensions.
module _ {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
where
private
module J = Precategory J
module C = Cat.Reasoning C
record make-is-colimit
(Diagram : Functor J C) (coapex : C.Ob)
: Type (o₁ ⊔ h₁ ⊔ o₂ ⊔ h₂)
where
no-eta-equality
open Functor DiagramFirst, we require morphisms from the every value of the diagram to the coapex; taken as a family, we call it Moreover, if is a morphism in the “shape” category we require which encodes the relevant naturality.
field
ψ : (j : J.Ob) → C.Hom (F₀ j) coapex
commutes : ∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → ψ y C.∘ F₁ f ≡ ψ xThe rest of the data ensures that is the universal family of maps with this property; if is another natural family, then each factors through the coapex by a unique universal morphism:
universal
: ∀ {x : C.Ob}
→ (eta : ∀ j → C.Hom (F₀ j) x)
→ (∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta y C.∘ F₁ f ≡ eta x)
→ C.Hom coapex x
factors
: ∀ {j : J.Ob} {x : C.Ob}
→ (eta : ∀ j → C.Hom (F₀ j) x)
→ (p : ∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta y C.∘ F₁ f ≡ eta x)
→ universal eta p C.∘ ψ j ≡ eta j
unique
: ∀ {x : C.Ob}
→ (eta : ∀ j → C.Hom (F₀ j) x)
→ (p : ∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta y C.∘ F₁ f ≡ eta x)
→ (other : C.Hom coapex x)
→ (∀ j → other C.∘ ψ j ≡ eta j)
→ other ≡ universal eta p unique₂
: ∀ {x : C.Ob}
→ (eta : ∀ j → C.Hom (F₀ j) x)
→ (p : ∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta y C.∘ F₁ f ≡ eta x)
→ ∀ {o1} → (∀ j → o1 C.∘ ψ j ≡ eta j)
→ ∀ {o2} → (∀ j → o2 C.∘ ψ j ≡ eta j)
→ o1 ≡ o2
unique₂ eta p q r = unique eta p _ q ∙ sym (unique eta p _ r)Once we have this data, we can use it to construct a value of type
is-colimit. The naturality
condition we required above may seem too weak, but the full naturality
condition can be derived from it and the rest of the data.
open _=>_
to-cocone
: ∀ {D : Functor J C} {coapex}
→ make-is-colimit D coapex
→ D => Const coapex
to-cocone ml .η = ml .make-is-colimit.ψ
to-cocone ml .is-natural x y f = (ml .make-is-colimit.commutes f) ∙ sym (C.idl _) to-is-colimit
: ∀ {Diagram : Functor J C} {coapex}
→ (mc : make-is-colimit Diagram coapex)
→ is-colimit Diagram coapex (to-cocone mc)
to-is-colimit {Diagram} {coapex} mkcolim = colim where
open make-is-colimit mkcolim
open is-lan
open Functor
colim : is-colimit Diagram coapex (to-cocone mkcolim)
colim .σ {M = M} α .η _ =
universal (α .η) (λ f → α .is-natural _ _ f ∙ C.eliml (M .F-id))
colim .σ {M = M} α .is-natural _ _ _ = C.idr _ ∙ C.introl (M .F-id)
colim .σ-comm {α = α} = ext λ j → factors (α .η) _
colim .σ-uniq {α = α} {σ' = σ'} p = ext λ _ →
sym $ unique (α .η) _ (σ' .η _) (λ j → sym (p ηₚ j)) -- We often find ourselves working with something that isn't a colimit
-- on the nose due to some annoying extensionality reasons involving
-- functors '⊤Cat → C'
-- We could use some general theorems of Kan extensions to adjust the
-- colimit, but this has better definitional behaviour.
generalize-colimitp
: ∀ {D : Functor J C} {K : Functor ⊤Cat C}
→ {eta : D => (Const (Functor.F₀ K tt))} {eta' : D => K F∘ !F}
→ is-lan !F D (!Const (Functor.F₀ K tt)) eta
→ (∀ {j} → eta .η j ≡ eta' .η j)
→ is-lan !F D K eta'
generalize-colimitp {D} {K} {eta} {eta'} lan q = lan' where
module lan = is-lan lan
open is-lan
open Functor
lan' : is-lan !F D K eta'
lan' .σ α = !constⁿ (lan.σ α .η tt)
lan' .σ-comm {M} {α} = ext λ j →
ap (_ C.∘_) (sym q)
∙ lan.σ-comm {α = α} ηₚ _
lan' .σ-uniq {M} {α} {σ'} r = ext λ j →
lan.σ-uniq {σ' = !constⁿ (σ' .η tt)}
(ext λ j → r ηₚ j ∙ ap (_ C.∘_) (sym q)) ηₚ j
to-is-colimitp
: ∀ {D : Functor J C} {K : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : D => K F∘ !F}
→ (mk : make-is-colimit D (K · tt))
→ (∀ {j} → to-cocone mk .η j ≡ eta .η j)
→ is-lan !F D K eta
to-is-colimitp {D} {K} {eta} mkcolim p =
generalize-colimitp (to-is-colimit mkcolim) pThe concrete interface of make-is-colimit is also handy for
consuming specific colimits. To enable this use case, we
provide a function which unmakes a colimit.
unmake-colimit
: ∀ {D : Functor J C} {F : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta}
→ is-lan !F D F eta
→ make-is-colimit D (Functor.F₀ F tt)
unmake-colimit {D} {F} {eta} colim = mc module unmake-colimit where
coapex = Functor.F₀ F tt
module eta = _=>_ eta
open is-lan colim
open Functor D
open make-is-colimit
open _=>_
module _ {x} (eta : ∀ j → C.Hom (F₀ j) x)
(p : ∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta y C.∘ F₁ f ≡ eta x)
where
eta-nt : D => Const x
eta-nt .η = eta
eta-nt .is-natural _ _ f = p f ∙ sym (C.idl _)
hom : C.Hom coapex x
hom = σ {M = !Const x} eta-nt .η tt
mc : make-is-colimit D coapex
mc .ψ = eta.η
mc .commutes f = eta.is-natural _ _ f ∙ C.eliml (F .Functor.F-id)
mc .universal = hom
mc .factors e p = σ-comm {α = eta-nt e p} ηₚ _
mc .unique {x = x} eta p other q =
sym $ σ-uniq {σ' = other-nt} (ext λ j → sym (q j)) ηₚ tt
where
other-nt : F => !Const x
other-nt .η _ = other
other-nt .is-natural _ _ _ = C.elimr (F .Functor.F-id) ∙ sym (C.idl _) to-colimit
: ∀ {D : Functor J C} {K : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : D => K F∘ !F}
→ is-lan !F D K eta
→ Colimit D
to-colimit c .Lan.Ext = _
to-colimit c .Lan.eta = _
to-colimit c .Lan.has-lan = cmodule is-colimit
{J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
{D : Functor J C} {F : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : D => F F∘ !F}
(t : is-lan !F D F eta)
where
open make-is-colimit (unmake-colimit {F = F} t) publicWe also provide a similar interface for the bundled form of colimits.
module Colimit
{J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂} {D : Functor J C} (L : Colimit D)
where private
import Cat.Reasoning J as J
import Cat.Reasoning C as C
module Diagram = Functor D
open Functor
open _=>_
open Lan L publicThe coapex of the colimit can be obtained by applying the extension
functor to the single object of ⊤Cat.
coapex : C.Ob
coapex = Ext .F₀ ttFurthermore, we can show that the apex is the colimit, in the sense
of is-colimit, of the diagram.
You’d think this is immediate, but unfortunately, proof assistants:
is-colimit asks for the
constant functor functor
with value coapex to be a Kan extension, but Colimit, being an instance of Lan, packages an arbitrary
functor
Since Agda does not compare functors for we have to shuffle our data around manually. Fortunately, this isn’t a very long computation.
cocone : D => Const coapex
cocone .η = eta .η
cocone .is-natural x y f =
eta .is-natural x y f ∙ ap (C._∘ _) (Ext .F-id)
has-colimit : is-colimit D coapex cocone
has-colimit .is-lan.σ α .η = σ α .η
has-colimit .is-lan.σ α .is-natural x y f =
ap (_ C.∘_) (sym (Ext .F-id)) ∙ σ α .is-natural tt tt tt
has-colimit .is-lan.σ-comm = ext (σ-comm ηₚ_)
has-colimit .is-lan.σ-uniq {M = M} {σ' = σ'} p =
ext (λ _ → σ-uniq {σ' = nt} (reext! p) ηₚ _)
where
nt : Ext => M
nt .η = σ' .η
nt .is-natural x y f = ap (_ C.∘_) (Ext .F-id) ∙ σ' .is-natural x y f
open is-colimit has-colimit publicUniqueness🔗
Much like limits, colimits are unique up to isomorphism. This all follows from general properties of Kan extensions, combined with the fact that natural isomorphisms between functors correspond with isomorphisms in
module _ {o₁ h₁ o₂ h₂ : _} {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
{Diagram : Functor J C}
{x y} {etay : Diagram => Const y} {etax : Diagram => Const x}
(Cy : is-colimit Diagram y etay)
(Cx : is-colimit Diagram x etax)
where
private
module J = Precategory J
module C = Cat.Reasoning C
module Diagram = Functor Diagram
open is-lan
open _=>_
module Cy = is-colimit Cy
module Cx = is-colimit Cx colimits→inversesp
: ∀ {f : C.Hom x y} {g : C.Hom y x}
→ (∀ {j : J.Ob} → f C.∘ Cx.ψ j ≡ Cy.ψ j)
→ (∀ {j : J.Ob} → g C.∘ Cy.ψ j ≡ Cx.ψ j)
→ C.Inverses f g
colimits→invertiblep
: ∀ {f : C.Hom x y}
→ (∀ {j : J.Ob} → f C.∘ Cx.ψ j ≡ Cy.ψ j)
→ C.is-invertible f
colimits-unique : x C.≅ y
colimits→invertible : C.is-invertible (Cx.universal Cy.ψ Cy.commutes)
colimits→inverses
: C.Inverses (Cx.universal Cy.ψ Cy.commutes) (Cy.universal Cx.ψ Cx.commutes) colimits→inversesp {f = f} {g = g} f-factor g-factor =
inversesⁿ→inverses {α = !constⁿ f} {β = !constⁿ g}
(Lan-unique.σ-inversesp Cx Cy
(ext λ j → f-factor {j})
(ext λ j → g-factor {j}))
tt
colimits→invertiblep {f = f} f-factor =
is-invertibleⁿ→is-invertible {α = !constⁿ f}
(Lan-unique.σ-is-invertiblep
Cx Cy (ext λ j → f-factor {j}))
tt
colimits→inverses =
colimits→inversesp (Cx.factors Cy.ψ Cy.commutes) (Cy.factors Cx.ψ Cx.commutes)
colimits→invertible =
colimits→invertiblep (Cx.factors Cy.ψ Cy.commutes)
colimits-unique = isoⁿ→iso (Lan-unique.unique Cx Cy) ttFurthermore, if the universal map is invertible, then that means its domain is also a colimit of the diagram. This also follows from a general theorem of Kan extensions, though some golfing is required to obtain the correct inverse definitionally.
module _ {o₁ h₁ o₂ h₂ : _} {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
{D : Functor J C} {K : Functor ⊤Cat C}
{etay : D => Const (Functor.F₀ K tt)}
(Cy : is-colimit D (Functor.F₀ K tt) etay)
where
private
module J = Precategory J
module C = Cat.Reasoning C
module D = Functor D
open is-ran
open Functor
open _=>_
module Cy = is-colimit Cy
family→cocone
: ∀ {x}
→ (eta : ∀ j → C.Hom (D.₀ j) x)
→ (∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta y C.∘ D.₁ f ≡ eta x)
→ D => Const x
family→cocone eta p .η = eta
family→cocone eta p .is-natural _ _ _ = p _ ∙ sym (C.idl _) is-invertible→is-colimitp
: ∀ {K' : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : D => K' F∘ !F}
→ (eta' : ∀ j → C.Hom (D.₀ j) (K' .F₀ tt))
→ (p : ∀ {x y} (f : J.Hom x y) → eta' y C.∘ D.₁ f ≡ eta' x)
→ (∀ {j} → eta' j ≡ eta .η j)
→ C.is-invertible (Cy.universal eta' p)
→ is-lan !F D K' eta
is-invertible→is-colimitp {K' = K'} {eta = eta} eta' p q invert =
generalize-colimitp
(is-invertible→is-lan Cy $ invertible→invertibleⁿ _ λ _ → invert)
qAnother useful fact is that if is a colimit of some diagram and is naturally isomorphic to some other diagram then the coapex of is also a colimit of
natural-iso-diagram→is-colimitp
: ∀ {D' : Functor J C} {eta : D' => K F∘ !F}
→ (isos : D ≅ⁿ D')
→ (∀ {j} → Cy.ψ j C.∘ Isoⁿ.from isos .η j ≡ eta .η j)
→ is-lan !F D' K eta
natural-iso-diagram→is-colimitp {D' = D'} isos q = generalize-colimitp
(natural-iso-of→is-lan Cy isos)
qmodule _ {o₁ h₁ o₂ h₂ : _} {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
{D D' : Functor J C} where
natural-iso→colimit
: D ≅ⁿ D' → Colimit D → Colimit D'
natural-iso→colimit isos C .Lan.Ext = Lan.Ext C
natural-iso→colimit isos C .Lan.eta = Lan.eta C ∘nt Isoⁿ.from isos
natural-iso→colimit isos C .Lan.has-lan = natural-iso-of→is-lan (Lan.has-lan C) isosmodule _ {o₁ h₁ o₂ h₂ : _} {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
{Diagram : Functor J C}
{x} {eta : Diagram => Const x}
where
private
module J = Precategory J
module C = Cat.Reasoning C
module Diagram = Functor Diagram
open is-lan
open _=>_
is-colimit-is-prop : is-prop (is-colimit Diagram x eta)
is-colimit-is-prop = is-lan-is-propSince is-colimit is a
proposition, and the colimiting cocones are all unique (“up to
isomorphism”), if we’re talking about univalent categories, then Colimit itself is a proposition.
This is also an instance of the more general uniqueness of Kan extensions.
module _ {o₁ h₁ o₂ h₂ : _} {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂}
{Diagram : Functor J C}
where Colimit-is-prop : is-category C → is-prop (Colimit Diagram)
Colimit-is-prop cat = Lan-is-prop catPreservation and reflection of colimits🔗
The definitions here are the same idea as preservation of limits, just dualised.
module _ {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂} {D : Precategory o₃ h₃}
(F : Functor C D) (Diagram : Functor J C) where preserves-colimit : Type _
preserves-colimit =
∀ {K : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : Diagram => K F∘ !F}
→ (colim : is-lan !F Diagram K eta)
→ preserves-lan F colim
reflects-colimit : Type _
reflects-colimit =
∀ {K : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : Diagram => K F∘ !F}
→ (lan : is-lan !F (F F∘ Diagram) (F F∘ K) (nat-assoc-to (F ▸ eta)))
→ reflects-lan F lanmodule preserves-colimit
{J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂} {D : Precategory o₃ h₃}
{F : Functor C D} {Dia : Functor J C}
(preserves : preserves-colimit F Dia)
where
private
module D = Precategory D
module C = Precategory C
module J = Precategory J
module F = Func F
module Dia = Func Dia
universal
: {x : C.Ob}
→ {K : Functor ⊤Cat C} {eta : Dia => K F∘ !F}
→ {eta' : (j : J.Ob) → C.Hom (Dia.F₀ j) x}
→ {p : ∀ {i j} (f : J.Hom i j) → eta' j C.∘ Dia.F₁ f ≡ eta' i}
→ (colim : is-lan !F Dia K eta)
→ F.F₁ (is-colimit.universal colim eta' p) ≡ is-colimit.universal (preserves colim) (λ j → F.F₁ (eta' j)) (λ f → F.collapse (p f))
universal colim =
is-colimit.unique (preserves colim) _ _ _
(λ j → F.collapse (is-colimit.factors colim _ _))
colimit : Colimit Dia → Colimit (F F∘ Dia)
colimit colim = to-colimit (preserves (Colimit.has-colimit colim))
module _ {J : Precategory o₁ h₁} {C : Precategory o₂ h₂} {D : Precategory o₃ h₃}
{F F' : Functor C D} {Dia : Functor J C} where
private
module D = Cat.Reasoning D
open Func
open _=>_
natural-iso→preserves-colimits
: F ≅ⁿ F'
→ preserves-colimit F Dia
→ preserves-colimit F' Dia
natural-iso→preserves-colimits α F-preserves {K = K} {eta} colim =
natural-isos→is-lan idni (α ◂ni Dia) (α ◂ni K)
(ext λ j →
⌜ F' .F₁ (K .F₁ tt) D.∘ α.to .η _ ⌝ D.∘ (F .F₁ (eta .η j) D.∘ α.from .η _) ≡⟨ ap! (eliml F' (K .F-id)) ⟩
α.to .η _ D.∘ (F .F₁ (eta .η j) D.∘ α.from .η _) ≡⟨ D.pushr (sym (α.from .is-natural _ _ _)) ⟩
((α.to .η _ D.∘ α.from .η _) D.∘ F' .F₁ (eta .η j)) ≡⟨ D.eliml (α.invl ηₚ _) ⟩
F' .F₁ (eta .η j) ∎)
(F-preserves colim)
where
module α = Isoⁿ αCocontinuity🔗
is-cocontinuous
: ∀ (oshape hshape : Level)
{C : Precategory o₁ h₁}
{D : Precategory o₂ h₂}
→ Functor C D → Type _A cocontinuous functor is one that, for every shape of diagram
J, and every diagram diagram of shape J in
C, preserves the colimit for that diagram.
is-cocontinuous oshape hshape {C = C} F =
∀ {J : Precategory oshape hshape} {Diagram : Functor J C}
→ preserves-colimit F DiagramCocompleteness🔗
A category is cocomplete if it admits colimits for diagrams of arbitrary shape. However, in the presence of excluded middle, if a category admits coproducts indexed by its class of morphisms, then it is automatically thin. Since excluded middle is independent of type theory, we can not prove that any non-thin categories have arbitrary colimits.
Instead, categories are cocomplete with respect to a pair of universes: A category is if it has colimits for any diagram indexed by a precategory with objects in and morphisms in
is-cocomplete : ∀ {oc ℓc} o ℓ → Precategory oc ℓc → Type _
is-cocomplete oj ℓj C = ∀ {J : Precategory oj ℓj} (F : Functor J C) → Colimit FWhile this condition might sound very strong, and thus that it would be hard to come by, it turns out we can get away with only two fundamental types of colimits: coproducts and coequalisers. In order to construct the colimit for a diagram of shape we will require coproducts indexed by type of objects and by its type of morphisms.
module _ {o ℓ} {C : Precategory o ℓ} where
private
module C = Cat.Reasoning C
open Indexed-coproduct
open make-is-colimit
open Coequaliser colimit-as-coequaliser-of-coproduct
: ∀ {oj ℓj} {J : Precategory oj ℓj}
→ has-coproducts-indexed-by C ⌞ J ⌟
→ has-coproducts-indexed-by C (Arrows J)
→ has-coequalisers C
→ (F : Functor J C) → Colimit F
colimit-as-coequaliser-of-coproduct {oj} {ℓj} {J} has-Ob-cop has-Arrows-cop has-coeq F =
to-colimit (to-is-colimit colim) where module J = Cat.Reasoning J
open Functor FGiven a diagram we start by building the coproduct of all the objects appearing in the diagram.
Obs : Indexed-coproduct C λ o → F₀ o
Obs = has-Ob-cop _Our colimit will arise as a quotient object of this coproduct-of-objects, namely the coequaliser of two carefully chosen morphisms.
As a guiding example, the pushout of and should be the quotient of by the equivalence relation generated by In full generality, for each arrow in our diagram, we should have that injecting into the component of our coproduct should give the same result as precomposing with and injecting into the component.
This suggests to build another indexed coproduct of all the domains of arrows in the diagram, taking the first morphism to be the injection into the domain component and the second morphism to be the injection into the codomain component precomposed with
Dom : Indexed-coproduct C {Idx = Arrows J} λ (a , b , f) → F₀ a
Dom = has-Arrows-cop _
s t : C.Hom (Dom .ΣF) (Obs .ΣF)
s = Dom .match λ (a , b , f) → Obs .ι b C.∘ F₁ f
t = Dom .match λ (a , b , f) → Obs .ι a
coequ : Coequaliser C s t
coequ = has-coeq _ _
colim : make-is-colimit F (coequ .coapex)The rest of the proof amounts to repackaging the data of the coequaliser and coproducts as the data for a colimit.
colim .ψ c = coequ .coeq C.∘ Obs .ι c
colim .commutes {a} {b} f =
(coequ .coeq C.∘ Obs .ι b) C.∘ F₁ f ≡˘⟨ C.extendr (Dom .commute) ⟩
⌜ coequ .coeq C.∘ s ⌝ C.∘ Dom .ι (a , b , f) ≡⟨ ap! (coequ .coequal) ⟩
(coequ .coeq C.∘ t) C.∘ Dom .ι (a , b , f) ≡⟨ C.pullr (Dom .commute) ⟩
coequ .coeq C.∘ Obs .ι a ∎
colim .universal {x} e comm = coequ .universal comm' where
e' : C.Hom (Obs .ΣF) x
e' = Obs .match e
comm' : e' C.∘ s ≡ e' C.∘ t
comm' = Indexed-coproduct.unique₂ Dom λ i@(a , b , f) →
(e' C.∘ s) C.∘ Dom .ι i ≡⟨ C.extendr (Dom .commute) ⟩
⌜ e' C.∘ Obs .ι b ⌝ C.∘ F₁ f ≡⟨ ap! (Obs .commute) ⟩
e b C.∘ F₁ f ≡⟨ comm f ⟩
e a ≡˘⟨ Obs .commute ⟩
e' C.∘ Obs .ι a ≡˘⟨ C.pullr (Dom .commute) ⟩
(e' C.∘ t) C.∘ Dom .ι i ∎
colim .factors {j} e comm =
colim .universal e comm C.∘ (coequ .coeq C.∘ Obs .ι j) ≡⟨ C.pulll (coequ .factors) ⟩
Obs .match e C.∘ Obs .ι j ≡⟨ Obs .commute ⟩
e j ∎
colim .unique e comm u' fac = coequ .unique $ Obs .unique _
λ i → sym (C.assoc _ _ _) ∙ fac iThis implies that a category with coequalisers and large enough indexed coproducts has all colimits.
coproducts+coequalisers→cocomplete
: ∀ {oj ℓj}
→ has-indexed-coproducts C (oj ⊔ ℓj)
→ has-coequalisers C
→ is-cocomplete oj ℓj C
coproducts+coequalisers→cocomplete {oj} {ℓj} has-cop has-coeq =
colimit-as-coequaliser-of-coproduct
(λ _ → Lift-Indexed-coproduct C ℓj (has-cop _))
(λ _ → has-cop _)
has-coeq