Let (Ei)i∈I,(Ei′)i∈I,(Fλ)λ∈L,(Fλ′)λ∈L be four families of A-modules and, for each i∈I (resp. each λ∈L), ui:Ei′→Ei (resp. vλ:Fλ→Fλ′) a linear mapping. Then the diagram
(where ϕ and ϕ′ are the canonical isomorphisms defined in Corollary 1 to Proposition 6) is commutative.
The verification follows immediately from the definitions.
When all the Ei are equal to the same A-module E, the direct sum ⨁i∈IEi is also denoted by E(I): its elements are the mappings of I into E with finite support. If, for all i, fi is taken to be the identity mapping E→E, by Proposition 6, a linear mapping E(I)→E is obtained, called codiagonal, which associates with every family (xi)i∈I of elements of E, of finite support, its sum∑i∈Ixi.
Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.