11.2.7 Corepresentably Essentially Injective Morphisms

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a bicategory.

A $1$-morphism $f\colon A\to B$ of $\mathcal{C}$ is corepresentably essentially injective if, for each $X\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright )$, the functor

\[ f^{*}\colon \mathsf{Hom}_{\mathcal{C}}\webleft (B,X\webright )\to \mathsf{Hom}_{\mathcal{C}}\webleft (A,X\webright ) \]

given by precomposition by $f$ is essentially injective.

In detail, $f$ is corepresentably essentially injective if, for each pair of morphisms $\phi ,\psi \colon B\rightrightarrows X$ of $\mathcal{C}$, the following condition is satisfied:

  • If $\phi \circ f\cong \psi \circ f$, then $\phi \cong \psi $.


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