On the notion of a semi-abelian category in the sense of Palamodov

Abstract

In the sense of Palamodov, a preabelian category is semi-abelian if for every morphism the natural morphism between the cokernel of its kernel and the kernel of its cokernel is simultaneously a monomorphism and an epimorphism. In this article we present several conditions which are all equivalent to semi-abelianity. First we consider left and right semi-abelian categories in the sense of Rump and establish characterizations of these notions via six equivalent properties. Then we use these properties to deduce the characterization of semi-abelianity. Finally, we investigate two examples arising in functional analysis which illustrate that the notions of right and left semi-abelian categories are distinct and in particular that such categories occur in nature.

Version of March 3, 2011. 10 pages

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