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BASIC CATEGORY THEORY
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Initial, terminal and zero objects of a category
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Theorem
initoo
Description:
An initial object is an object.
(Contributed by
AV
, 14-Apr-2020)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
initoo
⊢
C
∈
Cat
→
O
∈
InitO
⁡
C
→
O
∈
Base
C
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
eqid
⊢
Base
C
=
Base
C
2
eqid
⊢
Hom
⁡
C
=
Hom
⁡
C
3
id
⊢
C
∈
Cat
→
C
∈
Cat
4
1
2
3
isinitoi
⊢
C
∈
Cat
∧
O
∈
InitO
⁡
C
→
O
∈
Base
C
∧
∀
b
∈
Base
C
∃!
h
h
∈
O
Hom
⁡
C
b
5
4
simpld
⊢
C
∈
Cat
∧
O
∈
InitO
⁡
C
→
O
∈
Base
C
6
5
ex
⊢
C
∈
Cat
→
O
∈
InitO
⁡
C
→
O
∈
Base
C