Exponential ideals #
An exponential ideal of a cartesian closed category C is a subcategory D ⊆ C such that for any
B : D and A : C, the exponential A ⟹ B is in D: resembling ring theoretic ideals. We
define the notion here for inclusion functors i : D ⥤ C rather than explicit subcategories to
preserve the principle of equivalence.
We additionally show that if C is cartesian closed and i : D ⥤ C is a reflective functor, the
following are equivalent.
- The left adjoint to
ipreserves binary (equivalently, finite) products. iis an exponential ideal.
The subcategory D of C expressed as an inclusion functor is an exponential ideal if
B ∈ D implies A ⟹ B ∈ D for all A.
- exp_closed : ∀ {B : C}, B ∈ CategoryTheory.Functor.essImage i → ∀ (A : C), (A ⟹ B) ∈ CategoryTheory.Functor.essImage i
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To show i is an exponential ideal it suffices to show that A ⟹ iB is "in" D for any A in
C and B in D.
The entire category viewed as a subcategory is an exponential ideal.
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The subcategory of subterminal objects is an exponential ideal.
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- ⋯ = ⋯
If D is a reflective subcategory, the property of being an exponential ideal is equivalent to
the presence of a natural isomorphism i ⋙ exp A ⋙ leftAdjoint i ⋙ i ≅ i ⋙ exp A, that is:
(A ⟹ iB) ≅ i L (A ⟹ iB), naturally in B.
The converse is given in ExponentialIdeal.mk_of_iso.
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Given a natural isomorphism i ⋙ exp A ⋙ leftAdjoint i ⋙ i ≅ i ⋙ exp A, we can show i
is an exponential ideal.
If the reflector preserves binary products, the subcategory is an exponential ideal.
This is the converse of preservesBinaryProductsOfExponentialIdeal.
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- ⋯ = ⋯
If i witnesses that D is a reflective subcategory and an exponential ideal, then D is
itself cartesian closed.
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We construct a bijection between morphisms L(A ⨯ B) ⟶ X and morphisms LA ⨯ LB ⟶ X.
This bijection has two key properties:
- It is natural in
X: Seebijection_natural. - When
X = LA ⨯ LB, then the backwards direction sends the identity morphism to the product comparison morphism: Seebijection_symm_apply_id.
Together these help show that L preserves binary products. This should be considered
internal implementation towards preservesBinaryProductsOfExponentialIdeal.
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The bijection allows us to show that prodComparison L A B is an isomorphism, where the inverse
is the forward map of the identity morphism.
If a reflective subcategory is an exponential ideal, then the reflector preserves binary products.
This is the converse of exponentialIdeal_of_preserves_binary_products.
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If a reflective subcategory is an exponential ideal, then the reflector preserves finite products.