Birkhoff's variety theorem for relative algebraic theories
Category Theory
2025-04-18 v4
Abstract
An algebraic theory, sometimes called an equational theory, is a theory defined by finitary operations and equations, such as the theories of groups and of rings. It is well known that algebraic theories are equivalent to finitary monads on . In this paper, we generalize this phenomenon to locally finitely presentable categories using partial Horn logic. For each locally finitely presentable category , we define an "algebraic concept" relative to , which will be called an -relative algebraic theory, and show that -relative algebraic theories are equivalent to finitary monads on . In establishing such equivalence, a generalized Birkhoff's variety theorem plays an important role.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2304.04382,
title = {Birkhoff's variety theorem for relative algebraic theories},
author = {Yuto Kawase},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.04382},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
34 pages; A better alternative is available arXiv:2403.19661