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We show that the category of regular epimorphisms in a Barr exact Goursat category is almost Barr exact in the sense that (it is a regular category and) every regular epimorphism in it is an effective descent morphism.
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Dedicated to the memory of Gregory Maxwell Kelly.
George Janelidze was partially supported by South African NRF.
Manuela Sobral was partially supported by FCT/Centro de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra.
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Janelidze, G., Sobral, M. Descent for Regular Epimorphisms in Barr Exact Goursat Categories. Appl Categor Struct 19, 271–276 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10485-009-9199-y
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