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Tannaka Theory for Topos

Category Theory 2015-10-08 v1

Abstract

We consider locales BB as algebras in the tensor category ss\ell of sup-lattices. We show the equivalence between the Joyal-Tierney descent theorem for open localic surjections sh(B)qEsh(B) \stackrel{q}{\longrightarrow} \mathcal{E} in Galois theory [An extension of the Galois Theory of Grothendieck, AMS Memoirs 151] and a Tannakian recognition theorem over ss\ell for the ss\ell-functor Rel(E)Rel(q)Rel(sh(B))(BRel(E) \stackrel{Rel(q^*)}{\longrightarrow} Rel(sh(B)) \cong (B-Mod)0Mod)_0 into the ss\ell-category of discrete BB-modules. Thus, a new Tannaka recognition theorem is obtained, essentially different from those known so far. This equivalence follows from two independent results. We develop an explicit construction of the localic groupoid GG associated by Joyal-Tierney to qq, and do an exhaustive comparison with the Deligne Tannakian construction of the Hopf algebroid LL associated to Rel(q)Rel(q^*), and show they are isomorphic, that is, LO(G)L \cong \mathcal{O}(G). On the other hand, we show that the ss\ell-category of relations of the classifying topos of any localic groupoid GG, is equivalent to the ss\ell-category of LL-comodules with discrete subjacent BB-module, where L=O(G)L = \mathcal{O}(G). We are forced to work over an arbitrary base topos because, contrary to the neutral case developed over Sets in [A Tannakian Context for Galois Theory, Advances in Mathematics 234], here change of base techniques are unavoidable.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01775,
  title  = {Tannaka Theory for Topos},
  author = {Eduardo J. Dubuc and Martin Szyld},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01775},
  year   = {2015}
}

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arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1507.04772

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