Commutative squares give nonzero maps into the almost-split kernel #
theorem
MagnitudeConjecture.CategoryTheory.exists_nonzero_weakKernel_map_of_square
{C : Type u}
[CategoryTheory.Category.{v, u} C]
[CategoryTheory.Preadditive C]
(S : CategoryTheory.ShortComplex C)
(hS : QuotientSubmoduleEquidistribution.Iyama.ShortComplex.IsWeakKernel S)
(hg : QuotientSubmoduleEquidistribution.IsRightAlmostSplit S.g)
{X V W : C}
(a : X ⟶ V)
(b : V ⟶ S.X₃)
(c : X ⟶ W)
(d : W ⟶ S.X₃)
(ha : a ≠ 0)
(hb : QuotientSubmoduleEquidistribution.IsIrreducibleMorphism b)
(hd : ¬CategoryTheory.IsSplitEpi d)
(hWV : ∀ (f : W ⟶ V), f = 0)
(hsquare : CategoryTheory.CategoryStruct.comp a b = CategoryTheory.CategoryStruct.comp c d)
:
∃ (f : X ⟶ S.X₁), f ≠ 0
A commutative square with distinct orthogonal middle objects produces a nonzero map to the weak kernel of a right almost-split terminal map.