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We discuss an extension of the standard logical rules (functional application and abstraction) in Categorial Grammar (CG), in order to deal with some specific cases of polysemy. We borrow from Generative Lexicon theory which proposes the…

cmp-lg · Computer Science 2016-08-31 Anne-Marie Mineur , Paul Buitelaar

In this paper we redevelop the foundations of the category theory of quasi-categories (also called infinity-categories) using 2-category theory. We show that Joyal's strict 2-category of quasi-categories admits certain weak 2-limits, among…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Emily Riehl , Dominic Verity

A common technique for producing a new model category structure is to lift the fibrations and weak equivalences of an existing model structure along a right adjoint. Formally dual but technically much harder is to lift the cofibrations and…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-05-23 Kathryn Hess , Magdalena Kedziorek , Emily Riehl , Brooke Shipley

We use the terms "$\infty$-categories" and "$\infty$-functors" to mean the objects and morphisms in an "$\infty$-cosmos." Quasi-categories, Segal categories, complete Segal spaces, naturally marked simplicial sets, iterated complete Segal…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-23 Emily Riehl , Dominic Verity

A Datalog program can be viewed as a syntactic specification of a functor from database instances over some schema to database instances over another schema. The same holds more generally for $\exists$Datalog. We establish large classes of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-02-14 Balder ten Cate , Víctor Dalmau , Jakub Opršal

This paper explores the interplay between category theory, topology, and the algebraic theory of finite groups. Our analysis unfolds in three stages. First, we establish the foundational universe of our objects: the complete and cocomplete…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Ismael Gutierrez Garcia , Luz Adriana Mejía Castaño

Considering classical first-order logic with equality, we give a "fully syntactic" construction of the (weak) syntactic category $\text{Syn}(T)$ associated to a consistent theory $T$; we show it is a consistent coherent category; and we…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Hugo Jenkins

In this paper we develop homotopy theoretical methods for studying diagrams. In particular we explain how to construct homotopy colimits and limits in an arbitrary model category. The key concept we introduce is that of a model…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Wojciech Chacholski , Jerome Scherer

Category theory unifies mathematical concepts, aiding comparisons across structures by incorporating objects and morphisms, which capture their interactions. It has influenced areas of computer science such as automata theory, functional…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Nima Rasekh , Niels van der Weide , Benedikt Ahrens , Paige Randall North

We provide a new description of the hom functor on weak $\omega$-categories, and we show that it admits a left adjoint that we call the suspension functor. We then show that the hom functor preserves the property of being free on a…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-14 Thibaut Benjamin , Ioannis Markakis

In these lecture notes, we give a brief introduction to some elements of category theory. The choice of topics is guided by applications to functional programming. Firstly, we study initial algebras, which provide a mathematical…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Benedikt Ahrens , Kobe Wullaert

Using quilted Floer cohomology and relative quilt invariants, we define a composition functor for categories of Lagrangian correspondences in monotone and exact symplectic Floer theory. We show that this functor agrees with geometric…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Katrin Wehrheim , Chris T. Woodward

F\'elix, Halperin, and Lemaire have shown that the rational module category Mcat and the rational Toomer invariant $e_0$ coincide for simply connected Poincar\'e duality complexes. We establish an analogue of this result for the sectional…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-08 José Gabriel Carrasquel-Vera , Thomas Kahl , Lucile Vandembroucq

In this paper we introduce Commutative/Non-Commutative Logic (CNC logic) and two categorical models for CNC logic. This work abstracts Benton's Linear/Non-Linear Logic by removing the existence of the exchange structural rule. One should…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-16 Jiaming Jiang , Harley Eades , Valeria de Paiva

In this paper we propose a categorical theory of intensionality. We first revisit the notion of intensionality, and discuss we its relevance to logic and computer science. It turns out that 1-category theory is not the most appropriate…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-04-27 G. A. Kavvos

A graded tensor category over a group $G$ will be called a strongly $G$-graded tensor category if every homogeneous component has at least one multiplicativily invertible object. Our main result is a description of the module categories…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-02-26 César Galindo

Category theory can be used to state formulas in First-Order Logic without using set membership. Several notable results in logic such as proof of the continuum hypothesis can be elegantly rewritten in category theory. We propose in this…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Chan Le Duc

We present a first-order logic equipped with an "asymmetric" directed notion of equality, which can be thought of as rewrites between terms, allowing for types to be interpreted as preorders. The logic is equipped with a precise syntactic…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Andrea Laretto , Fosco Loregian , Niccolò Veltri

Classification theory of elementary classes deals with first order (elementary) classes of structures (i.e. fixing a set T of first order sentences, we investigate the class of models of T with the elementary submodel notion). It tries to…

Logic · Mathematics 2009-03-23 Saharon Shelah

We present a conservative extension ICaTT of the dependent type theory CaTT for weak $\omega$-categories with a type witnessing coinductive invertibility of cells. This extension allows for a concise description of the "walking equivalence"…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Thibaut Benjamin , Camil Champin , Ioannis Markakis