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Is every set a filtered colimit of finite sets?



The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InOn colim $Hom_A-alg(B, C_i)$Why is the colimit over this filtered index category the object $F(i_0)$?A filtered poset and a filtered diagram (category)The colimit of all finite-dimensional vector spacesWhy do finite limits commute with filtered colimits in the category of abelian groups?Colimit of collection of finite setsExpressing Representation of a Colimit as a LimitFiltered vs Directed colimitsNot-quite-preservation of not-quite-filtered colimitsAbout a specific step in a proof of the fact that filtered colimits and finite limits commute in $mathbfSet$










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Is the following statement correct in the category of sets?




Let $X$ be any set. Then there exists a filtered small category $I$ and a functor $F:Ito mathrmSet$ such that for all $iin I$ the set $F(i)$ is finite, and such that
$$
X ; = ; mathrmcolim_iin I F(i) .
$$




Are there references on results of this type in the literature?






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Is the following statement correct in the category of sets?




Let $X$ be any set. Then there exists a filtered small category $I$ and a functor $F:Ito mathrmSet$ such that for all $iin I$ the set $F(i)$ is finite, and such that
$$
X ; = ; mathrmcolim_iin I F(i) .
$$




Are there references on results of this type in the literature?






reference-request category-theory limits-colimits







share|cite|improve this question











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    One way to generalize this is the notion of a locally finitely presentable category.
    $endgroup$
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Is the following statement correct in the category of sets?




Let $X$ be any set. Then there exists a filtered small category $I$ and a functor $F:Ito mathrmSet$ such that for all $iin I$ the set $F(i)$ is finite, and such that
$$
X ; = ; mathrmcolim_iin I F(i) .
$$




Are there references on results of this type in the literature?






reference-request category-theory limits-colimits







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Is the following statement correct in the category of sets?




Let $X$ be any set. Then there exists a filtered small category $I$ and a functor $F:Ito mathrmSet$ such that for all $iin I$ the set $F(i)$ is finite, and such that
$$
X ; = ; mathrmcolim_iin I F(i) .
$$




Are there references on results of this type in the literature?






reference-request category-theory limits-colimits




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The answer is yes: every set is the union of its finite subsets.



So take $I = P_textfinite(X)$ with as morphisms the inclusion maps, and $F : I to textSet$ the inclusion.






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    Since you asked for a reference, Locally Presentable and Accessible Categories by J. Adámek and J. Rosický is a great book on this kind of stuff. In particular example 1.2(1) already mentions the diagram of finite subsets.






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