Lifting property

A map ${\displaystyle f:U\to B}$ has the path lifting property iff ${\displaystyle \{0\}\to [0,1]\perp f}$ where ${\displaystyle \{0\}\to [0,1]}$ is the inclusion of one end point of the closed interval into the interval ${\displaystyle [0,1]}$.

A map ${\displaystyle f:U\to B}$ has the homotopy lifting property iff ${\displaystyle X\to X\times [0,1]\perp f}$ where ${\displaystyle X\to X\times [0,1]}$ is the map ${\displaystyle x\mapsto (x,0)}$.

Fibrations and cofibrations.

• Let Top be the category of topological spaces, and let ${\displaystyle C_{0}}$ be the class of maps ${\displaystyle S^{n}\to D^{n+1}}$, embeddings of the boundary ${\displaystyle S^{n}=\partial D^{n+1}}$ of a ball into the ball ${\displaystyle D^{n+1}}$. Let ${\displaystyle WC_{0}}$ be the class of maps embedding the upper semi-sphere into the disk. ${\displaystyle WC_{0}^{\perp \ell },WC_{0}^{\perp \ell r},C_{0}^{\perp \ell },C_{0}^{\perp \ell r}}$ are the classes of fibrations, acyclic cofibrations, acyclic fibrations, and cofibrations.[1]

• Let sSet be the category of simplicial sets. Let ${\displaystyle C_{0}}$ be the class of boundary inclusions ${\displaystyle \partial \Delta [n]\to \Delta [n]}$, and let ${\displaystyle WC_{0}}$ be the class of horn inclusions ${\displaystyle \Lambda ^{i}[n]\to \Delta [n]}$. Then the classes of fibrations, acyclic cofibrations, acyclic fibrations, and cofibrations are, respectively, ${\displaystyle WC_{0}^{\perp \ell },WC_{0}^{\perp \ell r},C_{0}^{\perp \ell },C_{0}^{\perp \ell r}}$.[2]

• Let ${\displaystyle \mathbf {Ch} (R)}$ be the category of chain complexes over a commutative ring ${\displaystyle R}$. Let ${\displaystyle C_{0}}$ be the class of maps of form

$${\displaystyle \cdots \to 0\to R\to 0\to 0\to \cdots \to \cdots \to R{\xrightarrow {\operatorname {id} }}R\to 0\to 0\to \cdots ,}$$

and ${\displaystyle WC_{0}}$ be

$${\displaystyle \cdots \to 0\to 0\to 0\to 0\to \cdots \to \cdots \to R{\xrightarrow {\operatorname {id} }}R\to 0\to 0\to \cdots .}$$

Then ${\displaystyle WC_{0}^{\perp \ell },WC_{0}^{\perp \ell r},C_{0}^{\perp \ell },C_{0}^{\perp \ell r}}$ are the classes of fibrations, acyclic cofibrations, acyclic fibrations, and cofibrations.[3]

In Set,

• ${\displaystyle \{\emptyset \to \{*\}\}^{\perp r}}$ is the class of surjections,

• ${\displaystyle (\{a,b\}\to \{*\})^{\perp r}=(\{a,b\}\to \{*\})^{\perp \ell }}$ is the class of injections.

In the category ${\displaystyle R{\text{-}}\mathbf {Mod} }$ of modules over a commutative ring ${\displaystyle R}$,

• ${\displaystyle \{0\to R\}^{\perp r},\{R\to 0\}^{\perp r}}$ is the class of surjections, resp. injections,

• A module ${\displaystyle M}$ is projective, resp. injective, iff ${\displaystyle 0\to M}$ is in ${\displaystyle \{0\to R\}^{\perp r\ell }}$, resp. ${\displaystyle M\to 0}$ is in ${\displaystyle \{R\to 0\}^{\perp rr}}$.

In the category ${\displaystyle \mathbf {Grp} }$ of groups,

• ${\displaystyle \{\mathbb {Z} \to 0\}^{\perp r}}$, resp. ${\displaystyle \{0\to \mathbb {Z} \}^{\perp r}}$, is the class of injections, resp. surjections (where ${\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} }$ denotes the infinite cyclic group),

• A group ${\displaystyle F}$ is a free group iff ${\displaystyle 0\to F}$ is in ${\displaystyle \{0\to \mathbb {Z} \}^{\perp r\ell },}$

• A group ${\displaystyle A}$ is torsion-free iff ${\displaystyle 0\to A}$ is in ${\displaystyle \{n\mathbb {Z} \to \mathbb {Z} :n>0\}^{\perp r},}$

• A subgroup ${\displaystyle A}$ of ${\displaystyle B}$ is pure iff ${\displaystyle A\to B}$ is in ${\displaystyle \{n\mathbb {Z} \to \mathbb {Z} :n>0\}^{\perp r}.}$

For a finite group ${\displaystyle G}$,

• ${\displaystyle \{0\to {\mathbb {Z} }/p{\mathbb {Z} }\}\perp G\to 1}$ iff the order of ${\displaystyle G}$ is prime to ${\displaystyle p}$,

• ${\displaystyle G\to 1\in (0\to {\mathbb {Z} }/p{\mathbb {Z} })^{\perp rr}}$ iff ${\displaystyle G}$ is a ${\displaystyle p}$-group,

• ${\displaystyle H}$ is nilpotent iff the diagonal map ${\displaystyle H\to H\times H}$ is in ${\displaystyle (1\to *)^{\perp \ell r}}$ where ${\displaystyle (1\to *)}$ denotes the class of maps ${\displaystyle \{1\to G:G{\text{ arbitrary}}\},}$

• a finite group ${\displaystyle H}$ is soluble iff ${\displaystyle 1\to H}$ is in
  $${\displaystyle \{0\to A:A{\text{ abelian}}\}^{\perp \ell r}=\{[G,G]\to G:G{\text{ arbitrary }}\}^{\perp \ell r}.}$$

  

In the category ${\displaystyle \mathbf {Top} }$ of topological spaces, let ${\displaystyle \{0,1\}}$, resp. ${\displaystyle \{0\leftrightarrow 1\}}$ denote the discrete, resp. antidiscrete space with two points 0 and 1. Let ${\displaystyle \{0\to 1\}}$ denote the Sierpinski space of two points where the point 0 is open and the point 1 is closed, and let ${\displaystyle \{0\}\to \{0\to 1\},\{1\}\to \{0\to 1\}}$ etc. denote the obvious embeddings.

• a space ${\displaystyle X}$ satisfies the separation axiom T₀ iff ${\displaystyle X\to \{*\}}$ is in ${\displaystyle (\{0\leftrightarrow 1\}\to \{*\})^{\perp r},}$

• a space ${\displaystyle X}$ satisfies the separation axiom T₁ iff ${\displaystyle \emptyset \to X}$ is in ${\displaystyle (\{0\to 1\}\to \{*\})^{\perp r},}$

• ${\displaystyle (\{1\}\to \{0\to 1\})^{\perp \ell }}$ is the class of maps with dense image,

• ${\displaystyle (\{0\to 1\}\to \{*\})^{\perp \ell }}$ is the class of maps ${\displaystyle f:X\to Y}$ such that the topology on ${\displaystyle A}$ is the pullback of topology on ${\displaystyle B}$, i.e. the topology on ${\displaystyle A}$ is the topology with least number of open sets such that the map is continuous,

• ${\displaystyle (\emptyset \to \{*\})^{\perp r}}$ is the class of surjective maps,

• ${\displaystyle (\emptyset \to \{*\})^{\perp r\ell }}$ is the class of maps of form ${\displaystyle A\to A\cup D}$ where ${\displaystyle D}$ is discrete,

• ${\displaystyle (\emptyset \to \{*\})^{\perp r\ell \ell }=(\{a\}\to \{a,b\})^{\perp \ell }}$ is the class of maps ${\displaystyle A\to B}$ such that each connected component of ${\displaystyle B}$ intersects ${\displaystyle \operatorname {Im} A}$,

• ${\displaystyle (\{0,1\}\to \{*\})^{\perp r}}$ is the class of injective maps,

• ${\displaystyle (\{0,1\}\to \{*\})^{\perp \ell }}$ is the class of maps ${\displaystyle f:X\to Y}$ such that the preimage of a connected closed open subset of ${\displaystyle Y}$ is a connected closed open subset of ${\displaystyle X}$, e.g. ${\displaystyle X}$ is connected iff ${\displaystyle X\to \{*\}}$ is in ${\displaystyle (\{0,1\}\to \{*\})^{\perp \ell }}$,

• for a connected space ${\displaystyle X}$, each continuous function on ${\displaystyle X}$ is bounded iff ${\displaystyle \emptyset \to X\perp \cup _{n}(-n,n)\to \mathbb {R} }$ where ${\displaystyle \cup _{n}(-n,n)\to \mathbb {R} }$ is the map from the disjoint union of open intervals ${\displaystyle (-n,n)}$ into the real line ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ,}$

• a space ${\displaystyle X}$ is Hausdorff iff for any injective map ${\displaystyle \{a,b\}\hookrightarrow X}$, it holds ${\displaystyle \{a,b\}\hookrightarrow X\perp \{a\to x\leftarrow b\}\to \{*\}}$ where ${\displaystyle \{a\leftarrow x\to b\}}$ denotes the three-point space with two open points ${\displaystyle a}$ and ${\displaystyle b}$, and a closed point ${\displaystyle x}$,

• a space ${\displaystyle X}$ is perfectly normal iff ${\displaystyle \emptyset \to X\perp [0,1]\to \{0\leftarrow x\to 1\}}$ where the open interval ${\displaystyle (0,1)}$ goes to ${\displaystyle x}$, and ${\displaystyle 0}$ maps to the point ${\displaystyle 0}$, and ${\displaystyle 1}$ maps to the point ${\displaystyle 1}$, and ${\displaystyle \{0\leftarrow x\to 1\}}$ denotes the three-point space with two closed points ${\displaystyle 0,1}$ and one open point ${\displaystyle x}$.

In the category of metric spaces with uniformly continuous maps.

• A space ${\displaystyle X}$ is complete iff ${\displaystyle \{1/n\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }\to \{0\}\cup \{1/n\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }\perp X\to \{0\}}$ where ${\displaystyle \{1/n\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }\to \{0\}\cup \{1/n\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }}$ is the obvious inclusion between the two subspaces of the real line with induced metric, and ${\displaystyle \{0\}}$ is the metric space consisting of a single point,

• A subspace ${\displaystyle i:A\to X}$ is closed iff ${\displaystyle \{1/n\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }\to \{0\}\cup \{1/n\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }\perp A\to X.}$