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Tangent Ind-Categories

Category Theory 2023-07-18 v1

Abstract

In this paper we show that if C\mathscr{C} is a tangent category then the Ind-category Ind(C)\operatorname{Ind}(\mathscr{C}) is a tangent category as well with a tangent structure which locally looks like the tangent structure on C\mathscr{C}. Afterwards we give a pseudolimit description of Ind(C)/X\operatorname{Ind}(\mathscr{C})_{/X} when C\mathscr{C} admits finite products, show that the Ind\operatorname{Ind}-tangent category of a representable tangent category remains representable (in the sense that it has a microlinear object), and we characterize the differential bundles in Ind(C)\operatorname{Ind}(\mathscr{C}) when C\mathscr{C} is a Cartesian differential category. Finally we compute the Ind\operatorname{Ind}-tangent category for the categories CAlgA\mathbf{CAlg}_{A} of commutative AA-algebras, Sch/S\mathbf{Sch}_{/S} of schemes over a base scheme SS, AA-Poly\mathbf{Poly} (the Cartesian differential category of AA-valued polynomials), and R\mathbb{R}-Smooth\mathbf{Smooth} (the Cartesian differential category of Euclidean spaces). In particular, during the computation of Ind(Sch/S)\operatorname{Ind}(\mathbf{Sch}_{/S}) we give a definition of what it means to have a formal tangent scheme over a base scheme SS.

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@article{arxiv.2307.08183,
  title  = {Tangent Ind-Categories},
  author = {Geoff Vooys},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.08183},
  year   = {2023}
}

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35 pages

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