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Information entropy re-defined in a category theory context using preradicals

Category Theory 2021-12-14 v1 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

Algebraically, entropy can be defined for abelian groups and their endomorphisms, and was latter extended to consider objects in a Flow category derived from abelian categories, such as R-ModR\textit{-}Mod with RR a ring. Preradicals are endofunctors which can be realized as compatible choice assignments in the category where they are defined. Here we present a formal definition of entropy for preradicals on RR-Mod and show that the concept of entropy for preradicals respects their order as a big lattice. Also, due to the connection between modules and complete bounded modular lattices, we provide a definition of entropy for lattice preradicals, and show that this notion is equivalent, from a functorial perspective, to the one defined for module preradicals.

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@article{arxiv.2112.06034,
  title  = {Information entropy re-defined in a category theory context using preradicals},
  author = {Sebastian Pardo G. and Gabriel A. Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.06034},
  year   = {2021}
}

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25 pages

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