2.4.2 The Yoneda Lemma for Sets

Let $X$ be a set and let $U\subset X$ be a subset of $X$.

We have

\[ \chi _{\mathcal{P}\webleft (X\webright )}\webleft (\chi _{x},\chi _{U}\webright )=\chi _{U}\webleft (x\webright ) \]

for each $x\in X$, giving an equality of functions

\[ \chi _{\mathcal{P}\webleft (X\webright )}\webleft (\chi _{\webleft (-\webright )},\chi _{U}\webright )=\chi _{U}. \]

Clear.

The characteristic embedding is fully faithful, i.e., we have

\[ \chi _{\mathcal{P}\webleft (X\webright )}\webleft (\chi _{x},\chi _{y}\webright )=\chi _{X}\webleft (x,y\webright ) \]

for each $x,y\in X$.


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