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Subtractive Categories

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We introduce a notion of a subtractive category. It generalizes the notion of a pointed subtractive variety of universal algebras in the sense of A. Ursini. Subtractive categories are closely related to Mal’tsev and additive categories: (i) a category C with finite limits is a Mal’tsev category if and only if for every object X in C the category Pt(X)=((X,1X)↓(C↓X)) of “points over X” is subtractive; (ii) a pointed category C with finite limits is additive if and only if C is subtractive and half-additive.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Ivane Javakhishvili State University of Tbilisi, 1 Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi, 0128, Georgia

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Janelidze, Z. Subtractive Categories. Appl Categor Struct 13, 343–350 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10485-005-0934-8

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