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
i
preserves binary (equivalently, finite) products. i
is 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
.
Instances
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.
Equations
- ⋯ = ⋯
The subcategory of subterminal objects is an exponential ideal.
Equations
- ⋯ = ⋯
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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Instances For
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
.
Equations
- ⋯ = ⋯
If i
witnesses that D
is a reflective subcategory and an exponential ideal, then D
is
itself cartesian closed.
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Instances For
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.