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The initial algebra for an endofunctor F provides a recursion and induction scheme for data structures whose constructors are described by F. The initial-algebra construction by Ad\'amek (1974) starts with the initial object (e.g. the empty…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Thorsten Wißmann , Stefan Milius

The Initial Algebra Theorem by Trnkov\'a et al.~states, under mild assumptions, that an endofunctor has an initial algebra provided it has a pre-fixed point. The proof crucially depends on transfinitely iterating the functor and in fact…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Jiří Adámek , Stefan Milius , Lawrence S. Moss

The purpose of this note is to resolve a conjecture in arXiv:2307.00442(4), regarding the initial algebra for the enrichment endofunctor $(-)\mathbf{Cat}$ over general symmetric monoidal $(\infty, 1)$-categories. We prove that Ad\'amek's…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Zach Goldthorpe

We define a simple kind of higher inductive type generalising dependent $W$-types, which we refer to as $W$-types with reductions. Just as dependent $W$-types can be characterised as initial algebras of certain endofunctors (referred to as…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-02-22 Andrew Swan

Every endofunctor of the category of classes is proved to be set-based in the sense of Aczel and Mendler, therefore, it has a final coalgebra. Other basic properties of these endofunctors are proved, e.g. the existence of a free completely…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 J. Adamek , S. Milius , J. Velebil

We study many-valued coalgebraic logics with semi-primal algebras of truth-degrees. We provide a systematic way to lift endofunctors defined on the variety of Boolean algebras to endofunctors on the variety generated by a semi-primal…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Alexander Kurz , Wolfgang Poiger , Bruno Teheux

In this article, we combine Sweedler's classic theory of measuring coalgebras -- by which $k$-algebras are enriched in $k$-coalgebras for $k$ a field -- with the theory of W-types -- by which the categorical semantics of inductive data…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Lukas Mulder , Paige Randall North , Maximilien Péroux

Bartholdi and Smoktunowicz constructed finitely generated monomial algebras with prescribed sufficiently fast growth types. We show that their construction need not result in a prime algebra, but it can be modified to provide prime algebras…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2017-07-03 Be'eri Greenfeld

We provide a construction of the fixed points of functors which may not be inital algebras or final coalgebras. For an endofunctor F, this fixed point construction may be expressed as a pair of adjoint functors between F-coalgebras and…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2023-03-06 Ezra Schoen , Jade Master , Clemens Kupke

We consider extensions of the language of Peano arithmetic by transfinitely iterated truth definitions satisfying uniform Tarskian biconditionals. Without further axioms, such theories are known to be conservative extensions of the original…

Logic · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Lev D. Beklemishev , Fedor N. Pakhomov

Using the theory of coalgebra, we introduce a uniform framework for adding modalities to the language of propositional geometric logic. Models for this logic are based on coalgebras for an endofunctor on some full subcategory of the…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Nick Bezhanishvili , Jim de Groot , Yde Venema

We present a functorial construction which, starting from a congruence $\alpha$ of finite index in an algebra A, yields a new algebra C with the following properties: the congruence lattice of C is isomorphic to the interval of congruences…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Peter Mayr , Agnes Szendrei

Fixed points are a recurring theme in computer science and are often constructed as limits of suitably seeded fixed point iterations. We present the algebra of iterative constructions (AIC) -- a purely algebraic approach to reasoning about…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Kevin Batz , Benjamin Lucien Kaminski , Lucas Kehrer , Gerwin Klein , Todd Schmid , Henning Urbat

We analyze the structure of left maps in algebraic weak factorization systems constructed using Garner's algebraic small object argument. We find that any left map can be constructed from generators in Bourke and Garner's double category of…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Evan Cavallo , Christian Sattler

We employ the notions of `sequential function' and `interrogation' (dialogue) in order to define new partial combinatory algebra structures on sets of functions. These structures are analyzed using J. Longley's preorder-enriched category of…

Logic · Mathematics 2009-05-19 Jaap van Oosten

We refine and advance the study of the local structure of idempotent finite algebras started in [A.Bulatov, The Graph of a Relational Structure and Constraint Satisfaction Problems, LICS, 2004]. We introduce a graph-like structure on an…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Andrei A. Bulatov

The paper uses the formalism of indexed categories to recover the proof of a standard final coalgebra theorem, thus showing existence of final coalgebras for a special class of functors on categories with finite limits and colimits. As an…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Benno van den Berg , Federico De Marchi

This paper studies fundamental questions concerning category-theoretic models of induction and recursion. We are concerned with the relationship between well-founded and recursive coalgebras for an endofunctor. For monomorphism preserving…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-02-18 Jiří Adámek , Stefan Milius , Lawrence S. Moss

Cantor's ordinal numbers, a powerful extension of the natural numbers, are a cornerstone of set theory. They can be used to reason about the termination of processes, prove the consistency of logical systems, and justify some of the core…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Tom de Jong , Nicolai Kraus , Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg , Chuangjie Xu

We show that the principal block $\scr O_0$ of the BGG category $\scr O$ for a semisimple Lie algebra $\germ g$ acts faithfully on itself via exact endofunctors which preserve tilting modules, via right exact endofunctors which preserve…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-08-17 Johan Kåhrström
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