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The Grothendieck construction #

Given a functor F : C ⥤ Cat, the objects of Grothendieck F consist of dependent pairs (b, f), where b : C and f : F.obj c, and a morphism (b, f) ⟶ (b', f') is a pair β : b ⟶ b' in C, and φ : (F.map β).obj f ⟶ f'

Grothendieck.functor makes the Grothendieck construction into a functor from the functor category C ⥤ Cat to the over category Over C in the category of categories.

Categories such as PresheafedSpace are in fact examples of this construction, and it may be interesting to try to generalize some of the development there.

Implementation notes #

Really we should treat Cat as a 2-category, and allow F to be a 2-functor.

There is also a closely related construction starting with G : Cᵒᵖ ⥤ Cat, where morphisms consists again of β : b ⟶ b' and φ : f ⟶ (F.map (op β)).obj f'.

References #

See also CategoryTheory.Functor.Elements for the category of elements of functor F : C ⥤ Type.

The Grothendieck construction (often written as ∫ F in mathematics) for a functor F : C ⥤ Cat gives a category whose

  • base : C

    The underlying object in C

  • fiber : (F.obj self.base)

    The object in the fiber of the base object.

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    A morphism in the Grothendieck category F : C ⥤ Cat consists of base : X.base ⟶ Y.base and f.fiber : (F.map base).obj X.fiber ⟶ Y.fiber.

    • base : X.base Y.base

      The morphism between base objects.

    • fiber : (F.map self.base).obj X.fiber Y.fiber

      The morphism from the pushforward to the source fiber object to the target fiber object.

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      The identity morphism in the Grothendieck category.

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        Composition of morphisms in the Grothendieck category.

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          The forgetful functor from Grothendieck F to the source category.

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            The Grothendieck construction is functorial: a natural transformation α : F ⟶ G induces a functor Grothendieck.map : Grothendieck F ⥤ Grothendieck G.

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              Making the equality of functors into an isomorphism. Note: we should avoid equality of functors if possible, and we should prefer map_id_iso to map_id_eq whenever we can.

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                Making the equality of functors into an isomorphism. Note: we should avoid equality of functors if possible, and we should prefer map_comp_iso to map_comp_eq whenever we can.

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                  The Grothendieck construction as a functor from the functor category E ⥤ Cat to the over category Over E.

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                    Auxiliary definition for grothendieckTypeToCat, to speed up elaboration.

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                      Auxiliary definition for grothendieckTypeToCat, to speed up elaboration.

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                        The Grothendieck construction applied to a functor to Type (thought of as a functor to Cat by realising a type as a discrete category) is the same as the 'category of elements' construction.

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                          Applying a functor G : D ⥤ C to the base of the Grothendieck construction induces a functor Grothendieck (G ⋙ F) ⥤ Grothendieck F.

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