Coequalizer

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the category-theory subtree

Colimit of a parallel pair f, g : A ⇒ B: the universal object Q with q: B → Q such that qf = qg. In Set it is B/~ where ~ is the equivalence relation generated by f(a) ~ g(a). In an abelian category: coeq(f,g) = coker(f − g).

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