Editing Inverse limit (section)

{{Short description|Construction in category theory}}
In [[mathematics]], the '''inverse limit''' (also called the '''projective limit''') is a construction that allows one to "glue together" several related [[mathematical object|objects]], the precise gluing process being specified by [[morphisms]] between the objects. Thus, inverse limits can be defined in any [[category (mathematics)|category]] although their existence depends on the category that is considered. They are a special case of the concept of [[Limit (category theory)|limit]] in category theory. 

By working in the [[dual category]], that is by reversing the arrows, an inverse limit becomes a [[direct limit]] or ''inductive limit'', and a ''limit'' becomes a [[colimit]].