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A generalization of de Vries duality to closed relations between compact Hausdorff spaces

General Topology 2025-01-28 v3 Logic

Abstract

Stone duality generalizes to an equivalence between the categories StoneR\mathsf{Stone}^{\mathsf{R}} of Stone spaces and closed relations and BAS\mathsf{BA}^\mathsf{S} of boolean algebras and subordination relations. Splitting equivalences in StoneR\mathsf{Stone}^{\mathsf{R}} yields a category that is equivalent to the category KHausR\mathsf{KHaus}^\mathsf{R} of compact Hausdorff spaces and closed relations. Similarly, splitting equivalences in BAS\mathsf{BA}^\mathsf{S} yields a category that is equivalent to the category DeVS\mathsf{DeV^S} of de Vries algebras and compatible subordination relations. Applying the machinery of allegories then yields that KHausR\mathsf{KHaus}^\mathsf{R} is equivalent to DeVS\mathsf{DeV^S}, thus resolving a problem recently raised in the literature. The equivalence between KHausR\mathsf{KHaus}^\mathsf{R} and DeVS\mathsf{DeV^S} further restricts to an equivalence between the category KHaus{\mathsf{KHaus}} of compact Hausdorff spaces and continuous functions and the wide subcategory DeVF\mathsf{DeV^F} of DeVS\mathsf{DeV^S} whose morphisms satisfy additional conditions. This yields an alternative to de Vries duality. One advantage of this approach is that composition of morphisms is usual relation composition.

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@article{arxiv.2206.05711,
  title  = {A generalization of de Vries duality to closed relations between compact Hausdorff spaces},
  author = {Marco Abbadini and Guram Bezhanishvili and Luca Carai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.05711},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages