product and equalizer imply existence of a limit
Proposition
Let be a category, a diagram and
- the discrete subcategory of with the induced functor
- the discrete category containing morphisms as objects for arbitrary
- the functor with
Suppose that the categorical products for and equalizers exist
Then the limit for exists.
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Proof
Let
then for with , we define by following universal property
Furthermore, for we define by following universal property
Then the equalizer
is the desired limit with
i.e.
(cf. morphism to product and each component)
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commutes
For and we conclude
commutes because of
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