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1.2 Embedding

Lemma 3 Embedding

(Leroy Lemme 1) The following arguments are equivalent:

  1. \(f^*\) is surjective

  2. \(f_*\) is injective

  3. \(f^{*}f_* = 1_{O(X)})\)

Proof

This follows from the triangular identities.

Definition 4 Embedding
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An embedding is a morphism that satisfies the conditions of 3