Deriving the Giry algebras on standard Borel spaces using $\mathbb{R}_{\infty}$-generalized points
Abstract
The Giry monad on the category of measurable spaces restricts to the full subcategory of standard Borel spaces, , which we show is amenable to analysis. contains the space which is the one-point compactification of the real numbers. By viewing probability measures as functionals operating on measurable functions , and taking the restriction of those functionals to operate on affine measurable functions we show that for all object lying in the subcategory of . The objects of are standard spaces with a convex space structure which satisfies the generic ``fullness property''. The morphisms of the category are affine measurable functions. The isomorphism is equivalent to the statement that the full subcategory of consisting of the single object is codense in which allows us to easily construct the -algebras of objects in . This permits an adjoint factorization of the Giry monad as the composite of , which is the Giry monad functor viewed as a functor into , and the partial forgetful functor which forgets the convex space structure. We prove that the category is the category of algebras of the -monad.
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@article{arxiv.2409.14861,
title = {Deriving the Giry algebras on standard Borel spaces using $\mathbb{R}_{\infty}$-generalized points},
author = {Kirk Sturtz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.14861},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
12 pages. This updated version shows $\mathbf{Std}_{Cvx}=\mathbf{Alg}_{\mathcal{G}}$