ANOTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF BICOREFLECTIVE SUBCATEGORIES

Abstract

In this paper, the relation between the notion of a discrete functor (see [4]) and the notion of a fine functor (see [1]) is examined. As a generalization of the notion of a F-fine object (see [1]), discrete functors T: A → X are used to define K-fine objects, where K is a class of A-objects. It is shown that if T is in addition semi-topological, then (as for F-fine objects in a topological category, see [1]) the class of K-fine objects determines a bicoreflective subcategory of A. Moreover, it is shown that in co-complete, co-(well-powered) categories, the existence of bicoreflective subcategories is equivalent to the existence of functors that are both discrete and semi-topological.     

EPIREFLECTIONS VERSUS BIREFLECTIONS FOR TOPOLOGICAL FUNCTORS

Abstract

In this paper it is proved that if T: A → X is a topological functor satisfying certain conditions, then there is a Galois Connection between the class of bireflective subcategories of A and the class of epireflective subcategories of A that are not bireflective and that are contained in the subcategory of separated objects of A. In general such a correspondence is not bijective.     

TOPOLOGICAL CATEGORIES AND CLOSURE OPERATORS

Abstract

It is shown that the category CS of closure spaces is a topological category. For each epireflective subcategory A of a topological category X a functor F _A :X → X is defined and used to extend to the general case of topological categories some results given in [4], [5] and [10] for epireflective subcategories of the category Top of topological spaces.     

EPIREFLECTIVE SUBCATEGORIES AND SEMICLOSURE OPERATORS

ABSTRACT

Let C be a category of topological spaces and continuous functions which is full, hereditary and closed under homeomorphisms and products. If A is a subclass of C, let E(A) be the full subcategory of C whose objects are the subspaces in A. In this paper we characterize the epireflective subcategories of C containing A and contained in E(A) by introducing a “semiclosure” operator which is a generalization for the “idempotent semi-limit” operator introduced by S.S. Hong (see [5]) with respect to Top _o. In case A is extensive in C, so that E(A) = C, all the extensive subcategories of C containing A are thus characterized.     

VARIETAL HULLS OF FUNCTORS

Abstract

The well known characterizations of equational classes of algebras with not necessaryly finitary operations by FELSCHER [6.7] and of categories of A-algebras for algebraic theories A in the sense of LINTON [10], esp., by means of their forgetful functors are the foundations of a concept of varietal functors U:K → L over arbitrary basecategories L. They prove to be monadic functors which satisfy an additional HOM-condition [17]. (In the case L = Set this condition is always fulfilled, see LINTON [11].)

Contrary to monadic functors, varietal functors are closed under composition. Pleasent algebraic properties of the base-category L can be ‘lifted’ along varietal functors, such as e.g. factorization properties, (co-) completeness, classical isomorphism theorems, etc.

By means of the well known EILENBERG-MOORE-algebras there is a universal monadic functor U^T:L ^T → L for any functor U: K → L, having a left adjoint F (T: = UF). But, in general, UT is not varietal. Under some suitable conditions, however it is possible, to construct a canonical varietal functor ?:R → L, the varietal hull of U. This hull has much more interesting (algebraic) properties than the EILENBERG-MOORE construction. Moreover, results of BANASCHEWSKI-HERRLICH [2] are extended.     

ON CATEGORIES OF MONOID-ACTIONS

Abstract

Given a monoidal category B and a category S of monoids in B we study the category MOD_S of all actions of monoids from S on B-objects. This is mainly done by investigation of the underlying functor V: MOD_S → SxB. In particular V creates limits; filtered colimits and arbitrary colimits are detected, provided the monoidal structure behaves nicely with respect to these constructions. Moreover MOD_S contains B as a full coreflective subcategory; S is contained as a full reflective (and coreflective) one provided B has a terminal (zero) object. Monadicity of MOD_S over B is discussed as well.     

Triple Cohomology and the Galois Cohomology of Profinite Groups

Given a cotriple 𝔾 = (G, ε, δ) on a category X and a functor E:X ^Opp→A into an abelian category A, there exists the cohomology theory of Barr and Beck: Hⁿ(X, E) ε |A| (n ≥ 0, X ε |X|), ([1], p.249). Almost all the important cohomology theories in mathematics have been shown to be special instances of such a general theory (see [1], [2] and [3]). Usually E arises from an abelian group object Y in X in the following manner: it is the contravariant functor from X into the category Ab of abelian groups that associates to each object X in X the abelian group X(X, Y) of maps from X to Y. In such a situation we shall write Hⁿ(X, Y)_𝔾 instead of Hⁿ(X, E)_G. Barr and Beck [2] have shown that the Eilenberg-MacLane cohomology groups H?ⁿ(π, A), n ≥ 2, can be re-captured as follows. One considers the free group cotriple 𝔾′ on the category Gps of groups, which induces in a natural manner a cotriple 𝔾 on the category (Gps, π) of groups over a fixed group π.     

LIGHT FACTORIZATION STRUCTURES

Abstract

In this paper we investigate, for connection subcategories A of a topological category K, the concepts of A-monotone quotients and A-light sources, and characterize (1) those A, which give rise to an (A-monotone quotient, A-light)- factorization structure on K, (2) those factorization structures (C,D) on K, which are light, i.e. of the form (A-monotone quotient, A-light) for suitable A. It turns out that light factorization structures are rather rare in Top, but abundant and well-behaved in categories with hereditary quotients.     

AN AXIOMATIC APPROACH TO CATEGORIES OF TOPOLOGICAL ALGEBRAS

Abstract

Consider a commuting square of functors TV = GU where G is an algebraic functor over sets (in the sense of Herrlich), and T and U are (regular epi, monosource)—topological and fibre small. Such a square is called a Topological Algebraic Situation (TAS) when the following two conditions are satisfied:

1. if h: UA → UB and g: VA → VB are morphisms with Gh = Tg, there exists a morphism f: A → B such that Uf = h and Vf = g;

2. V carries U-initial monosources into T-initial mono-sources.

The functor V has many nice properties which shed light on the blending of the “topology” and “algebra”; e.g., V is a topologically algebraic functor in the sense of Y.H. Hong. An ([Etilde],[Mtilde]) version of O. Wyler's “Taut Lift Theorem” is used to show that the existence of a left adjoint to V is related to Condition (ii). It is also shown that certain topological algebraic reflections arise as Topological Algebraic Situations from algebraic and topological surjective reflections.     

CONES AND COMPARISONS IN IND-AFFINE HOMOTOPY THEORY

Abstract

Ind-affine schemes over an algebraically closed field k are introduced. The cone functor is then defined and characterized in the based category (ind-aff)* of ind-affine schemes. Homotopy theories, one induced from the monad related to the cone functor and the other via unirational and then singular simplices, are compared. Some homotopy groups vis-a-vis (ind-aff)* taking as our model of the circle the set of points (x,y) in k² satisfying x²+y² = 1 are determined.     

On the Homological Dimension of Algebras of Differential Operators

Let A be a commutative algebra over a field k, and V_A be the k-subalgebra of End_k(A) generated by End_A(A) = A and all k-derivations of A. A study of the homological properties of V_A was initiated by Hochschild, Kostant, and Rosenberg in [5], and continued by Rinehart [8], [9], Roos [11], Björk [1], Rinehart and Rosenberg [10], and others. It was proved in [5] that, if k is perfect and A is a regular affine algebra of dimension r, then the global dimension of V_A is between r and 2r. Moreover, if k has positive characteristic, then gl.dim V_A = 2r [8]. By a recent celebrated theorem of Roos [11], gl.dim V_A = r if k has characteristic zero and A = k[x₁, …, x_r]; in this case V_A is the so-called “Weyl algebra on 2r variables”.     

THE LARGEST NON-TRIVIAL TORSION CLASS OF MODULES

ABSTRACT

In this paper we investigate the following two classes of left R-modules: N(P) ={A|A has no non-zero direct summand P ε P} and H(p) = {A} if B ? A with B ε N(P), then B = 0}, where P is a class of projective R-modules. We demonstrate that N(p) is, in general, not a torsion class but that H(P) is always a torsionfree class. We also investigate those classes P and rings R for which N(P) is the largest non-trivial torsion class of R-modules.     

On Covers and Envelopes in Some Functor Categories

We study the existence of covers and envelopes by some special functors on the category of finitely presented modules. As an application, we characterize some important rings using these functors. We also investigate homological properties of some functors on the stable module category. The relationship between phantoms and Ext-phantoms is obtained. It is shown that every left R-module M has an Ext-phantom preenvelope f: M → N with coker(f) pure-projective. Finally, we prove that, as a torsionfree class of (mod-R, Ab), (mod-R, Ab) is generated by the FP-injective objects.     

Obstructing extensions of the functor spec to noncommutative rings

This paper concerns contravariant functors from the category of rings to the category of sets whose restriction to the full subcategory of commutative rings is isomorphic to the prime spectrum functor Spec. The main result reveals a common characteristic of these functors: every such functor assigns the empty set to $\mathbb{M}_n (\mathbb{C})$ for n ? 3. The proof relies, in part, on the Kochen-Specker Theorem of quantum mechanics. The analogous result for noncommutative extensions of the Gel’fand spectrum functor for C*-algebras is also proved.     

ALGEBRAIC HULLS OF ADJOINT FUNCTORS AS INJECTIVE HULLS

Abstract

For each adjoint functor U: A → X where X is an (?, M)-category having enough ?-projectives, we construct an (?, M)-algebraic hull E: (A, U) → (Â, Û), i.e., (Â, Û) is (epsiv; M)-algebraic and E has a certain denseness property. We show that there is a conglomerate of functors over X with respect to which the (? M)-algebraic categories are exactly the injective objects and characterize (? M)-algebraic hulls as injective hulls.     

HILBERT SPACES OF FUNCTIONALS ASSOCIATED WITH NONLINEAR OPERATORS

Abstract

In [7] the subject of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) of linear functionals associated with linear operators and, in particular, with second-order generalized stochastic processes (GSPs), is pursued. In this work these ideas are extended to nonlinear operators. As an example the characteristic operator of a GSP is pursued. The so-called nonlinear space of the process associated with the characteristic operator is investigated and the RKHS of functionals isometrically isomorphic to it is constructed. Unlike the linear space, the nonlinear analysis is not limited to second order GSPs.     

V-localizations andV-Kleisli algebras

We prove a pushout theorem for localizations and Kleisli categories over a symmetric monoidal closed categoryV. That is, suppose is aV-localizable subcategory of aV-categoryA and thatT=(T,,) is aV-monad onA. Then under suitable relations betweenT and we show that there is aV-monadT induced onA[-¹] such that the Kleisli category ofT is the pushout of the localization functor :AA[-¹] and the free functor F:AK(T). Consequently,K(T)K(T) [S-¹] for some S K(T). We give several examples of this situation.     

Satelliten; Singuläre Erweiterungen und Derivationen

This paper is divided in two parts. In chapter one we generalize the concept of satellite for abelian categories, substituting Ext by an arbitrary functor E:A ^op×BEns. A very close relation to Kan functor extensions turns out. In chapter two we give a comprehensive formulation of the wellknown cohomology theories for groups and algebras-with the recently used modification in taking the group of derivations as the lowest cohomology group- starting with a categorical definition of the concept of singular extension. There is a zeroth chapter with a construction on functors, needed in both parts, and a third with examples.

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Gekürzte Fassung der Dissertation des Autors zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Hamburg.