Lecture

Adjunctions and Limits: Exploring Functors and Co-limits

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This lecture discusses the main theorems related to adjunctions and limits, focusing on how to determine whether functors are adjoints and how to compute (co)limits. The instructor begins with a warm-up session, summarizing key slogans that encapsulate the week's material. The discussion progresses to formal definitions and theorems, emphasizing the preservation properties of left and right adjoints. The instructor introduces a consequence related to Fubini's theorem, illustrating how to manipulate small categories and their adjoints. The lecture also covers practical applications, such as using these results to ascertain the adjoint status of functors. The importance of products and equalizers in constructing all limits is highlighted, culminating in a proof that these concepts are foundational in category theory. The instructor engages with the audience, encouraging questions and clarifications throughout the session, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the material presented.

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Ontological neighbourhood

Mathematics

Algebra: Abstract algebra, Category theory

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Adjoint functors

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Forgetful functor

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Limit (category theory)

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Category (mathematics)

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Hom functor

In mathematics, specifically in , hom-sets (i.e. sets of morphisms between ) give rise to important functors to the . These functors are called hom-functors and have numerous applications in category theory and other branches of mathematics. Let C be a (i.e. a for which hom-classes are actually sets and not proper classes). For all objects A and B in C we define two functors to the as follows: {| class=wikitable |- ! Hom(A, –) : C → Set ! Hom(–, B) : C → Set |- | This is a covariant functor given by: Hom(A, –) maps each object X in C to the set of morphisms, Hom(A, X) Hom(A, –) maps each morphism f : X → Y to the function Hom(A, f) : Hom(A, X) → Hom(A, Y) given by for each g in Hom(A, X).

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