Would you let me know when the category has an equivalent skeleton? (The definition of the skeleton subcategory that I have in mind is from MacLane p91: a full subcategory such that for any object in the original category, there exists a unique isomorphic object in the skeleton subcategory.) My question is mainly about when I can use the choice axiom without causing contradiction. For instance, I heard that the category of abelian groups doesn't have an equivalent skeleton subcategory. Thank you very much, Hongseok
Would you let me know when the category has an equivalent skeleton?
"every small category has a skeleton" iff the axiom of choice holds. See Exercise 3.26 in my book, or http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~pt/book/html/s3e.html#e3.26 for a preorder example. Exercise 4.37 defines "skeletal" http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~pt/book/html/s4e.html#e4.37 Paul
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