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A Note on "Extensional PERs"

Logic 2010-09-21 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

In the paper "Extensional PERs" by P. Freyd, P. Mulry, G. Rosolini and D. Scott, a category C\mathcal{C} of "pointed complete extensional PERs" and computable maps is introduced to provide an instance of an \emph{algebraically compact category} relative to a restricted class of functors. Algebraic compactness is a synthetic condition on a category which ensures solutions of recursive equations involving endofunctors of the category. We extend that result to include all internal functors on C\mathcal{C} when C\mathcal{C} is viewed as a full internal category of the effective topos. This is done using two general results: one about internal functors in general, and one about internal functors in the effective topos.

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@article{arxiv.0901.3967,
  title  = {A Note on "Extensional PERs"},
  author = {W. P. Stekelenburg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.3967},
  year   = {2010}
}

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