[FOM] Final object as colimit

[Robert L Knighten]

Andre.Rodin at ens.fr writes:
 > Selon Messing <messing at math.umn.edu>:
 > 
 > > First a minor point, a final object in a category C is not a colimit,
 > > but rather a limit over the empty category.
 > 
 > sure, I didn't mean a final object is a colimit but just put my question for
 > both limits and colimits.

While a final object as a limit over the empty category does seem the most
natural perspective, a final object in a category C is also the colimit of the
identity functor on C.

-- Bob

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Robert L. Knighten
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