Proposition 3.2 (Universal property of inverse limits). Assuming that:

  • B is a set / group / ring

  • ψn are homomorphisms ψn:BAn such that
     B         An+1


ψψφnnn+1       An
    commutes for all n

Then there exists a unique homomorphism ψ:Blimn[]An such that 𝜃nψ=ψn.