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Categories and Precategories

Precategory

1. A : π’ž. -- object 2. A, B : π’ž | A β†’ B : π’ž is-0-type(A β†’ B). -- morphism 3. A : π’ž | 1_A : A β†’ A. -- identity morphism 4. A, B, C : π’ž | g : (B β†’ C) β†’ f : (A β†’ B) β†’ g f : (A β†’ C). -- composition 5. A, B : π’ž | (f : A β†’ B) β†’ f = 1_B f = f 1_A. 6. A, B, C, D : A | f : A β†’ B, g : B β†’ C, h : C β†’ D β†’ h (g f) = (h g) f. -- associative

Isomorphism

Wikipedia nLabf : A β†’ B | f : A β‰… B | (g : B β†’ A) Γ— (g f = 1_A) Γ— (f g = 1_B).

Homotopy Equivalence

f : A β†’ B, g : B β†’ A β†’ ⋆ : g f = 1_A, ⋆ : f g = 1_B β†’ ⋆ : a β‰… b. 1_A : a β‰… a, 1_A^[βˆ’1] = 1_A.

Lemma

(f : A β†’ B) β†’ is-0-type(A β‰… B).

Identity to Isomorphism

precategory A | (a, b : A) β†’ (a = b) β†’ (a β‰… b).

Example

precategory Set | A β†’ B ≑ A β†’ B.

Category

Wikipedia nLabcategory A | precategory A | (a, b : A) β†’ (a = b) ≃ (a β‰… b).

Example

precategory Set | category Set.

Lemma

category A | is-1-type(A).(a, b : A) β†’ is-0-type(a β‰… b) β†’ (a = b) ≃ (a β‰… b) β†’ is-0-type(a = b).

Isomorphism to Identity

isotoid : (a β‰… b) β†’ (a = b).

Lemma

p : a = a', q : b = b', f : A β†’ B β†’(p, q)_*(f) = idtoiso(q) β—¦ f β—¦ idtoiso(p)^[βˆ’1].

Example (Preorder)

precategory A | (a, b : A) β†’ is-(βˆ’1)-type(a β†’ b) | a ≀ a, -- reflexivity a ≀ b β†’ b ≀ c β†’ a ≀ c. -- transitivity(f : a ≀ b) β†’ (g : b ≀ a) β†’ (a β‰… b) β†’ is-(βˆ’1)-type(a β‰… b).(A, ≀) : Preord β†’ (a, b : A) β†’ is-(βˆ’1)-type(a = b) β†’ (a β‰… b β†’ a = b)β†’ (A, _) : πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘.

Example

(A, _) : πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘ β†’ _ : is-0-type(A) ≃ (a, b : A β†’ is-(βˆ’1)-type(a ≃ b)).(A, _) : πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘ β†’ a, b : A β†’ _ : (a β‰… b) ≃ (a = b).

Groupoid

A : U β†’ ⋆ : is-1-type(A) β†’ (A, a = b) : Groupoid. A : U β†’ ⋆ : is-0-type(A) β†’ (A, a = b) : DiscCat.

Fundamental Pregroupoid

A : U β†’ (A, ||a = b||_0) : Precat β†’ a, b, c : A β†’(b = c) β†’ (a = b) β†’ (a = c) β†’ ||b = c||_0 β†’ ||a = b||_0 β†’ ||a = c||_0 β†’(A, ||a = b||_0) : FundPregroupoid.

Homotopy Precategory of Types

(U, ||A β†’ B||_0) : Precat, (U, ||A β†’ B||_0) : HPrecat.

Example

(0-type_U, A β†’ B β†’ (βˆ’1)-type_U) : Precat β†’ A : 0-type_U β†’ 1_A(a, a') ≑ (a = a') β†’ R : A β†’_[𝑅𝑒𝑙] B β†’ S : B β†’_[𝑅𝑒𝑙] C β†’ (S β—¦ R)(a, c) ≑ ||b : B, R(a, b) Γ— S(b, c)|| β†’(0-type_U, A β†’ B β†’ (βˆ’1)-type_U) : 𝑅𝑒𝑙. R : A β‰… B β†’ 1.1. R(a, b), R^[βˆ’1](b', a) β†’ (R β—¦ R^[βˆ’1])(b', b) β†’ b' = b. 1.2. R(a, b), R^[βˆ’1](b, a') β†’ (R^[βˆ’1] β—¦ R)(a, a') β†’ a = a'. 2. a : A β†’ a = a β†’ (R^[βˆ’1] β—¦ R)(a, a) β†’ b : B, R(a, b), R^[βˆ’1](b', a). 3. 4. _ : 𝑅𝑒𝑙 β†’ πΆπ‘Žπ‘‘.

Functors and Transformations

Functor

Wikipedia nLab(A, _), (B, _) : Precat β†’ 1. F : A β†’ B. 2. a, b : A β†’ F_[a, b] : (A β†’ B) β†’ (F(a) β†’_B F(b)). 3. a : A β†’ F_[a, a](1_A) = 1_[F(a)]. 4. a, b, c : A β†’ f : A β†’ B, g : b β†’_A c β†’ F_[a, c](g β—¦ f) = F_[b, c](g) F_[a, b](f).

Natural Transformation

Wikipedia(A, _), (B, _) : Precat β†’ (F, F_[a, b]), (G, G_[a, b]) : Functor β†’ 1. a : A β†’ Ξ³_a : F(a) β†’_B G(a). -- components 2. a, b : A β†’ f : A β†’ B β†’ G_[a, b](f) β—¦ Ξ³_a = Ξ³_b β—¦ F_[a, b](f). -- naturality axiomNatural Transformation

Functor Precategory

(A, _), (B, _) : Precat β†’ (B^A, F β†’_[B^A] G) : Precat β†’ B^A : A β†’ B, F β†’_[B^A] G is the type of natural transformation F β†’ G.

Lemma

A natural transformation Ξ³ : F β†’ G is an isomorphism in B^A if and only if each Ξ³_a is an isomorphism in B.

Theorem

A : Precategory, B : Category β†’ B^A : Category.

Composite of functors

Definition

Functors F : A β†’ B, G : B β†’ C β†’ G_0 F_0 : A_0 β†’ C_0, a, b : A β†’ (G_[F(a), F(b)] F_[a, b]) : (A β†’ B) β†’ ((G F)(a) β†’_C (G F)(b)).

Composite of natural transformations and functors

Definition

F : A β†’ B, G, H : B β†’ C, Ξ³ : G β†’ H, Ξ³ F : G F β†’ H F, a : A, Ξ³_[F(a)], b : B, K(Ξ³_b).

Lemma

F, G : A β†’ B, H, K : B β†’ C, Ξ³ : F β†’ G, Ξ΄ : H β†’ K,(Ξ΄ G) (H Ξ³) = (K Ξ³) (Ξ΄ F).

Lemma

H (G F) = (H G) F.

Adjoint Functors/Adjunction

Wikipedia nLab

Functor F : A β†’ B β†’ is-left-adjoint(F) ≑

  • G : B β†’ A,
  • Ξ· : 1_A β†’ G F (unit),
  • Ξ΅ : F G β†’ 1_B (counit),
  • (e F) (F Ξ·) = 1_F, (G Ξ΅) (Ξ· G) = 1_G (triangle identities).

Equivalence

Definition

is-left-adjoint(F), A ≃ B.

Lemma

F : A β†’ B β†’(A ≃ B) = (G : B β†’ A) Γ— (G F ≃ 1_A) Γ— (F G ≃ 1_B).

Injective

F : A β†’ B β†’ F_[a, b]

'Faithful'.

Surjective

F : A β†’ B β†’ F_[a, b]

'Full'.

Split Essentially Surjective

F : A β†’ B β†’(b : B) β†’ (a : A) Γ— F(a) ≃ b.

Lemma

A, B : Precategory, F : A β†’ B β†’(A ≃ B) ≃ (b : B) β†’ (a : A) Γ— F(a) ≃ b.

Essentially Surjective

F : A β†’ B β†’(b : B) β†’ mere (a : A) Γ— F(a) ≃ b.

Weak Equivalence

F is bijective and essentially surjective.

Lemma

F is bijective, A : Category β†’(b : B) β†’ is-truncated_[βˆ’1]((a : A) Γ— F(a) ≃ b). F is an equivalence = F is a week equivalence.

Isomorphism

F is bijective and F_0 is an equivalence of types. A β‰… B.

Lemma

A, B : Precategory, F : A β†’ B β†’(A β‰… B)≃ ≃.

Lemma

A, B : Precategory β†’(A = B) β†’ (A β‰… B).

Lemma

A, B : Category β†’(A = B) β†’ (A ≃ B).

Dual

Wikipedia nLabA : Precategory β†’ A^* : Precategory, A^*_0 ≑ A_0, a β†’_[A^*] b ≑ A β†’ B.

Product

A, B : Precategory β†’ A Γ— B : Precategory,(A Γ— B)_0 ≑ A_0 Γ— B_0,(a_0, b_0) β†’_[A Γ— B] (a_1, b_1) ≑ (a_0 β†’_A a_1) Γ— (b_0 β†’_B b_1), 1_[(a, b)] ≑ (1_A, 1_B),(g, g') (f, f') ≑ (g f, g' f').

Lemma

A, B, C : Precategory β†’(A Γ— B β†’ C) ≃ (A β†’ C^B).A : Precategory β†’ hom_a : A^* Γ— A β†’ 𝑆𝑒𝑑.(a, b) : A^*_0 Γ— A_0 ≑ A_0 Γ— A_0,(f, f') : (a, b) β†’_[A^* Γ— A] (a', b'),(hom_a)_[(a, b), (a', b')](f, f') ≑ (g ↦ (f' g' f)) : (A β†’ B) β†’ (a' β†’_A b').

Yoneda Embedding

y : A β†’ 𝑆𝑒𝑑^[A^*],

Yoneda Lemma

Wikipedia nLabA : Precategory, a : A, F : 𝑆𝑒𝑑^[A^*] β†’(y a β†’_[𝑆𝑒𝑑^[A^*]] F) β‰… F(a).

Corollary

y : A β†’ 𝑆𝑒𝑑^[A^*] is bijective.

Corollary

A : Category β†’ y_0 : A_0 β†’ (𝑆𝑒𝑑^[A^*])_0 is an embedding.(y a = y b) β†’ (a = b).

Representable

F : 𝑆𝑒𝑑^[A^*] β†’(a : A) Γ— y a β‰… F.

Lemma

A, B : Precategory, F : A β†’ B β†’ is-left-adjoint(F) ≃ (b : B) β†’ is-representable(a ↦ F(a) β†’_b b).

Strict Category

nLabA : Precategory, A_0 ≑ 0-type.

Monomorphism

Wikipedia nLab(m f = m g) β†’ (f = g).

†-category

Structure Identity Principle

Notion of Structure

(P, H), P : X_0 β†’ U, x : X_0, P(x) ((P, H)-structures). x, y : X_0, f : x β†’_X y, Ξ± : P(x), Ξ² : P(y), H_[Ξ± Ξ²](f) ((P, H)-homomorphism). x : X_0, Ξ± : P(x), H_[Ξ± Ξ±](1_x). x, y, z : X_0, Ξ± : P(x), Ξ² : P(y), Ξ³ : P(z), f : x β†’_X y, g : y β†’_X z, H_[Ξ± Ξ²](f) β†’ H_[Ξ² Ξ³](g) β†’ H_[Ξ± Ξ³](g f).(Ξ± ≀_x Ξ²) ≑ H_[Ξ± Ξ²](1_x). A ≑ Str_[(P, H)](X) (precategory of (P, H)-structures), A_0 ≑ (x : X_0) Γ— P(x),(x, Ξ±) : A_0, |(x, Ξ±)| ≑ x.(x, Ξ±), (y, Ξ²) : A_0 β†’(x, Ξ±) β†’_A (y, Ξ²) ≑ {f : x β†’ y | H_[Ξ± Ξ²](f)}.

Theorem: Structure identity principle

X, (P, H), Str_[(P, H)](X).

Definition

P(x) ≑ P_0(x) Γ— P_1(x), P_0(x) ≑ (Ο‰ : Ξ©_0) β†’ x_[|Ο‰|] β†’ x, P_1(x) ≑ (Ο‰ : Ξ©_1) β†’ x_[|Ο‰|] β†’ (βˆ’1)-type_U.

Rezk Completion

Lemma

(g : F(b) β†’_C G(b)) Γ— (a : A) β†’ (f : H(a) ≃ b) β†’ (Ξ³_a) = G(f^[βˆ’1]) g F(f).

Theorem

(- H) : C_b β†’ C_a.

Theorem

A β†’ A_^.

Diagonal Functor

WikipediaC β†’ C Γ— C. a Γ— b : Ξ” β†’ <a, b>.

Functor Category

WikipediaF, G : C β†’ D β†’ Ξ· : F β†’ G, Component of Ξ· at X Ξ·_X : F(X) β†’ G(X), f : X β†’ Y, Ξ·_Y β—‹ F(f) = G(f) β—‹ Ξ·_X.

Diagram

Wikipedia nLabProductSum

Commutative Diagram

Wikipedia nLab

Groupoid

Wikipedia nLabf : A β†’ B, g : B β†’ C, h : C β†’ D g f : A β†’ C, h g : B β†’ D, (h g) f : A β†’ D, h (g f) : A β†’ D, f^[βˆ’1] f = id_a, f f^[βˆ’1] = id_b

Internal Category

nLab

Small category

nLab

Initial Object

Terminal Object

Category of Sets

Wikipedia nLab

Category of Groups

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Category of Rings

Category of Modules

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Category of Manifolds

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Categorification

Wikipedia nLab

Decategorification

nLab

Indexed category

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Limit

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Coinduction

Wikipedia nLab

Corecursion

nLab

References