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We prove a general categorical theorem that enables us to state that under certain conditions, the range of a functor is large. As an application, we prove various results of which the following is a prototype: If every diagram, indexed by a lattice, of finite Boolean 〈∨ ,0 〉-semilattices with 〈∨ ,0 〉-embeddings, can be lifted, with respect to the Conc functor, by a diagram of lattices, then so can every diagram, indexed by a lattice, of finite distributive 〈∨ ,0 〉-semilattices with 〈∨ ,0 〉-embeddings. If the premise of this statement held, this would solve in turn the (still open) problem whether every distributive algebraic lattice is isomorphic to the congruence lattice of a lattice. We also outline potential applications of our method to other functors, such as the \(R \mapsto V(R)\) functor on von Neumann regular rings.
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Received August 12, 2004; accepted in final form June 6, 2005.
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Wehrung, F. Lifting retracted diagrams with respect to projectable functors. Algebra univers. 54, 349–371 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-005-1951-z
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