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Canonical differential calculi via functorial geometrization

Category Theory 2026-04-22 v2 Quantum Algebra Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Given a category E\mathcal{E}, we establish sufficient conditions on a faithful isofibration EMon(V)\mathcal{E}\rightarrow\operatorname{Mon}(\mathcal{V}) valued in the category of monoids internal to a monoidal additive category V\mathcal{V} such that E\mathcal{E} admits a canonical functor to the category of first order differential calculi in V\mathcal{V}. Generalizing the procedure of extending a first order differential calculus to its maximal prolongation to this setting, we obtain a canonical functor from E\mathcal{E} to the category of differential calculi in V\mathcal{V}. This yields a simultaneous generalization of the de Rham complex on CC^{\infty}-rings, the K\"{a}hler differentials on commutative algebras, and the universal differential calculus on associative algebras. As a consequence, such categories E\mathcal{E} admit natural analogues of the notions of smooth map and diffeomorphism, as well as a functorial de Rham theory. Moreover, whenever two such faithful isofibrations to Mon(V)\operatorname{Mon}(\mathcal{V}) factor suitably, their corresponding de Rham functors are related via a comparison map. Developing this theory requires first extending the noncommutative geometry formalism of differential calculi from associative algebras to the setting of monoids internal to monoidal additive categories.

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@article{arxiv.2512.20742,
  title  = {Canonical differential calculi via functorial geometrization},
  author = {Keegan J. Flood and Gabriele Lobbia and Giacomo Tendas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.20742},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

52 pages. Included new example. Fixed minor typographic issues