The universal property of the image of a map

Content created by Fredrik Bakke, Egbert Rijke, Jonathan Prieto-Cubides, Julian KG, Raymond Baker, fernabnor and louismntnu.

Created on 2022-02-09.
Last modified on 2026-05-05.

module foundation.universal-property-image where
Imports 
open import foundation.dependent-pair-types
open import foundation.embeddings
open import foundation.equivalences-contractible-types
open import foundation.images
open import foundation.logical-equivalences
open import foundation.morphisms-slice
open import foundation.propositional-truncations
open import foundation.surjective-maps
open import foundation.transport-along-identifications
open import foundation.universal-property-family-of-fibers-of-maps
open import foundation.universe-levels
open import foundation.whiskering-homotopies-composition

open import foundation-core.contractible-maps
open import foundation-core.contractible-types
open import foundation-core.equivalences
open import foundation-core.fibers-of-maps
open import foundation-core.function-types
open import foundation-core.functoriality-dependent-function-types
open import foundation-core.functoriality-dependent-pair-types
open import foundation-core.homotopies
open import foundation-core.identity-types
open import foundation-core.injective-maps
open import foundation-core.propositional-maps
open import foundation-core.propositions
open import foundation-core.sections
open import foundation-core.subtypes

Idea

The universal property of the image of a map f : A → X states that the image is the least subtype of X containing all the values of f.

Definition

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X)
  {B : UU l3} (i : B ↪ X) (q : hom-slice f (map-emb i))
  where

  precomp-emb :
    {l4 : Level} {C : UU l4} (j : C ↪ X) →
    hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j) → hom-slice f (map-emb j)
  pr1 (precomp-emb j r) =
    map-hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j) r ∘ map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q
  pr2 (precomp-emb j r) =
    ( triangle-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) ∙h
    ( ( triangle-hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j) r) ·r
      ( map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q))

  is-image : UUω
  is-image = {l : Level} (C : UU l) (j : C ↪ X) → is-equiv (precomp-emb j)

Simplified variant of is-image

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X)
  {B : UU l3} (i : B ↪ X) (q : hom-slice f (map-emb i))
  where

  is-image' : UUω
  is-image' =
    {l : Level} (C : UU l) (j : C ↪ X) →
    hom-slice f (map-emb j) → hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j)

The universal property of the image subtype

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X)
  (B : subtype l3 X)
  where

  is-image-subtype : UUω
  is-image-subtype =
    {l : Level} (C : subtype l X) → (B ⊆ C) ↔ ((a : A) → is-in-subtype C (f a))

Properties

The two universal properties of the image of a map are equivalent

abstract
  is-image-is-image' :
    {l1 l2 l3 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X) →
    { B : UU l3} (i : B ↪ X) (q : hom-slice f (map-emb i)) →
    is-image' f i q → is-image f i q
  is-image-is-image' f i q up' C j =
    is-equiv-has-converse-is-prop
      ( is-prop-hom-slice (map-emb i) j)
      ( is-prop-hom-slice f j)
      ( up' C j)

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X)
  {B : UU l3} (i : B ↪ X) (q : hom-slice f (map-emb i))
  (H : is-image f i q)
  {C : UU l4} (j : C ↪ X) (r : hom-slice f (map-emb j))
  where

  abstract
    universal-property-image :
      is-contr
        ( Σ ( hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j))
            ( λ h →
              htpy-hom-slice f
                ( map-emb j)
                ( comp-hom-slice f (map-emb i) (map-emb j) h q)
                ( r)))
    universal-property-image =
      is-contr-equiv'
        ( fiber (precomp-emb f i q j) r)
        ( equiv-tot
          ( λ h →
            extensionality-hom-slice f (map-emb j) (precomp-emb f i q j h) r))
        ( is-contr-map-is-equiv (H C j) r)

  hom-slice-universal-property-image : hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j)
  hom-slice-universal-property-image =
    pr1 (center universal-property-image)

  map-hom-slice-universal-property-image : B → C
  map-hom-slice-universal-property-image =
    map-hom-slice (map-emb i) (map-emb j) hom-slice-universal-property-image

  triangle-hom-slice-universal-property-image :
    map-emb i ~ map-emb j ∘ map-hom-slice-universal-property-image
  triangle-hom-slice-universal-property-image =
    triangle-hom-slice
      ( map-emb i)
      ( map-emb j)
      ( hom-slice-universal-property-image)

  htpy-hom-slice-universal-property-image :
    htpy-hom-slice f
      ( map-emb j)
      ( comp-hom-slice f
        ( map-emb i)
        ( map-emb j)
        ( hom-slice-universal-property-image)
        ( q))
      ( r)
  htpy-hom-slice-universal-property-image =
    pr2 (center universal-property-image)

  abstract
    htpy-map-hom-slice-universal-property-image :
      map-hom-slice f
        ( map-emb j)
        ( comp-hom-slice f
          ( map-emb i)
          ( map-emb j)
          ( hom-slice-universal-property-image)
          ( q)) ~
      map-hom-slice f (map-emb j) r
    htpy-map-hom-slice-universal-property-image =
      pr1 htpy-hom-slice-universal-property-image

    tetrahedron-hom-slice-universal-property-image :
      ( ( ( triangle-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) ∙h
          ( ( triangle-hom-slice-universal-property-image) ·r
            ( map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q))) ∙h
        ( map-emb j ·l htpy-map-hom-slice-universal-property-image)) ~
      ( triangle-hom-slice f (map-emb j) r)
    tetrahedron-hom-slice-universal-property-image =
      pr2 htpy-hom-slice-universal-property-image

The image subtype satisfies the universal property of the image subtype

module _
  {l1 l2 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X)
  where

  abstract
    forward-implication-is-image-subtype-subtype-im :
      {l : Level} (B : subtype l X) →
      subtype-im f ⊆ B → (a : A) → is-in-subtype B (f a)
    forward-implication-is-image-subtype-subtype-im B H a =
      H (f a) (unit-trunc-Prop (a , refl))

  abstract
    backward-implication-is-image-subtype-subtype-im :
      {l : Level} (B : subtype l X) →
      ((a : A) → is-in-subtype B (f a)) → subtype-im f ⊆ B
    backward-implication-is-image-subtype-subtype-im B H x K =
      apply-universal-property-trunc-Prop K (B x) (λ where (a , refl) → H a)

  is-image-subtype-subtype-im : is-image-subtype f (subtype-im f)
  pr1 (is-image-subtype-subtype-im B) =
    forward-implication-is-image-subtype-subtype-im B
  pr2 (is-image-subtype-subtype-im B) =
    backward-implication-is-image-subtype-subtype-im B

The identity embedding is the image inclusion of any map that has a section

abstract
  is-image-has-section :
    (l : Level) {l1 l2 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X) →
    section f → is-image f id-emb (f , refl-htpy)
  is-image-has-section l f (g , H) =
    is-image-is-image'
      ( f)
      ( id-emb)
      ( f , refl-htpy)
      ( λ B m h → ((pr1 h ∘ g) , (λ x → inv (H x) ∙ pr2 h (g x))))

Any embedding is its own image inclusion

abstract
  is-image-is-emb :
    (l : Level) {l1 l2 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X) →
    (H : is-emb f) → is-image f (f , H) (id , refl-htpy)
  is-image-is-emb l f H =
    is-image-is-image' f (f , H) (id , refl-htpy) (λ B m h → h)

The image of f is the image of f

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} {B : UU l3} (f : A → X)
  (m : B ↪ X) (h : hom-slice f (map-emb m))
  where

  abstract
    fiberwise-map-is-image-im :
      (x : X) → type-trunc-Prop (fiber f x) → fiber (map-emb m) x
    fiberwise-map-is-image-im x =
      map-universal-property-trunc-Prop
        { A = fiber f x}
        ( fiber-emb-Prop m x)
        ( λ t →
          ( map-hom-slice f (map-emb m) h (pr1 t)) ,
          ( ( inv (triangle-hom-slice f (map-emb m) h (pr1 t))) ∙ ( pr2 t)))

  map-is-image-im : im f → B
  map-is-image-im (x , t) = pr1 (fiberwise-map-is-image-im x t)

  inv-triangle-is-image-im :
    map-emb m ∘ map-is-image-im ~ inclusion-im f
  inv-triangle-is-image-im (x , t) = pr2 (fiberwise-map-is-image-im x t)

  triangle-is-image-im :
    inclusion-im f ~ map-emb m ∘ map-is-image-im
  triangle-is-image-im = inv-htpy inv-triangle-is-image-im

abstract
  is-image-im :
    {l1 l2 : Level} {X : UU l1} {A : UU l2} (f : A → X) →
    is-image f (emb-im f) (unit-im f)
  is-image-im f =
    is-image-is-image'
      ( f)
      ( emb-im f)
      ( unit-im f)
      ( λ B m h → (map-is-image-im f m h , triangle-is-image-im f m h))

A factorization of a map through an embedding is the image factorization if and only if the right factor is surjective

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 : Level} {A : UU l1} {B : UU l2} {X : UU l3}
  (f : A → X) (i : B ↪ X) (q : hom-slice f (map-emb i))
  where

  abstract
    is-surjective-is-image :
      is-image f i q → is-surjective (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q)
    is-surjective-is-image up-i b =
      apply-universal-property-trunc-Prop β
        ( trunc-Prop (fiber (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) b))
        ( γ)
      where
      g : type-subtype (trunc-Prop ∘ fiber (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q)) → X
      g = map-emb i ∘ pr1
      is-emb-g : is-emb g
      is-emb-g = is-emb-comp (map-emb i) pr1
        ( is-emb-map-emb i)
        ( is-emb-inclusion-subtype (λ x → trunc-Prop _))
      α : hom-slice (map-emb i) g
      α = map-inv-is-equiv
            ( up-i
              ( Σ B ( λ b →
                      type-trunc-Prop
                        ( fiber (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) b)))
              ( g , is-emb-g))
            ( map-unit-im (pr1 q) , pr2 q)
      β :
        type-trunc-Prop (fiber (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) (pr1 (pr1 α b)))
      β = pr2 (pr1 α b)
      γ :
        fiber (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) (pr1 (pr1 α b)) →
        type-Prop (trunc-Prop (fiber (pr1 q) b))
      γ (a , p) =
        unit-trunc-Prop
          ( a , p ∙ inv (is-injective-is-emb (is-emb-map-emb i) (pr2 α b)))

  abstract
    is-image-is-surjective' :
      is-surjective (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) →
      is-image' f i q
    is-image-is-surjective' H B' m =
      map-equiv
        ( ( equiv-hom-slice-fiberwise-hom (map-emb i) (map-emb m)) ∘e
          ( inv-equiv
            ( equiv-universal-property-family-of-fibers
              ( map-emb i)
              ( fiber (map-emb m)))) ∘e
          ( inv-equiv
            ( equiv-dependent-universal-property-surjection-is-surjective
              ( pr1 q)
              ( H)
              ( λ b →
                ( fiber (map-emb m) (pr1 i b)) ,
                ( is-prop-map-emb m (pr1 i b))))) ∘e
          ( equiv-Π-equiv-family
            ( λ a → equiv-tr (fiber (map-emb m)) (pr2 q a))) ∘e
          ( equiv-universal-property-family-of-fibers f (fiber (map-emb m))) ∘e
          ( equiv-fiberwise-hom-hom-slice f (map-emb m)))

  abstract
    is-image-is-surjective :
      is-surjective (map-hom-slice f (map-emb i) q) →
      is-image f i q
    is-image-is-surjective H =
      is-image-is-image' f i q (is-image-is-surjective' H)

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