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We rewrite classical topological definitions using the category-theoretic notation of arrows and are led to concise reformulations in terms of simplicial categories and orthogonality of morphisms, which we hope might be of use in the…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-19 Misha Gavrilovich , Konstantin Pimenov

We associate to each unital $C^*$-algebra $A$ a geometric object---a diagram of topological spaces representing quotient spaces of the noncommutative space underlying $A$---meant to serve the role of a generalized Gel'fand spectrum. After…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2014-08-07 Nadish de Silva

In this chapter we survey some particular topics in category theory in a somewhat unconventional manner. Our main focus will be on monoidal categories, mostly symmetric ones, for which we propose a physical interpretation. These are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-12 Bob Coecke , Eric Oliver Paquette

This thesis provides an introduction to the various category theory ideas employed in topological quantum field theory. These theories are viewed as symmetric monoidal functors from topological cobordism categories into the category of…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bruce H. Bartlett

We define a bicategory with \'etale, locally compact groupoids as objects and suitable correspondences, that is, spaces with two commuting actions as arrows; the 2-arrows are injective, equivariant continuous maps. We prove that the usual…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Celso Antunes , Joanna Ko , Ralf Meyer

Some aspects of basic category theory are developed in a finitely complete category $\C$, endowed with two factorization systems which determine the same discrete objects and are linked by a simple reciprocal stability law. Resting on this…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2008-02-06 Claudio Pisani

The purpose of this paper is to show that the dual notions of elements & distinctions are the basic analytical concepts needed to unpack and analyze morphisms, duality, and universal constructions in the Sets, the category of sets and…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-07 David Ellerman

Algebraic structures such as monoids, groups, and categories can be formulated within a category using commutative diagrams. In many common categories these reduce to familiar cases. In particular, group objects in Grp are abelian groups,…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Magnus Forrester-Barker

The notion of vertex operator coalgebra is presented and motivated via the geometry of conformal field theory. Specifically, we describe the category of geometric vertex operator coalgebras, whose objects have comultiplicative structures…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Keith Hubbard

We develop an algebraic model for the relative sectional category of a continuous map in rational homotopy theory using commutative differential graded algebras (CDGAs). Our main result establishes that for formal maps, the rational…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Lekha Das , Bittu Singh

The concept of relative sectional category expands upon classical sectional category theory by incorporating the pullback of a fibration along a map. Our paper aims not only to explore this extension but also to thoroughly investigate its…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2024-05-31 Jose Manuel Garcia Calcines

When formalizing mathematics in (generalized predicative) constructive type theories, or more practically in proof assistants such as Coq or Agda, one is often using setoids (types with explicit equivalence relations). In this note we…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-04-23 Erik Palmgren

A moment category is endowed with a distinguished set of split idempotents, called moments, which can be transported along morphisms. Equivalently, a moment category is a category with an active/inert factorisation system fulfilling two…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Clemens Berger

An algebra is said to be \emph{$\tau$-tilting finite} provided it has only a finite number of $\tau$-rigid objects up to isomorphism. We associate a category to each such algebra. The objects are the wide subcategories of its category of…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-21 Aslak Bakke Buan , Bethany Marsh

In order to apply nonstandard methods to modern algebraic geometry, as a first step in this paper we study the applications of nonstandard constructions to category theory. It turns out that many categorial properties are well behaved under…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2008-07-08 Lars Bruenjes , Christian Serpe

For a (semi-)model category M, we define a notion of a ''homotopy'' Grothendieck topology on M, as well as its associated model category of stacks. We use this to define a notion of geometric stack over a symmetric monoidal base model…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bertrand Toen , Gabriele Vezzosi

Category theory provides a collective description of many arrangements in mathematics, such as topological spaces, Banach spaces and game theory. Within this collective description, the perspective from any individual member of the…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Suddhasattwa Das

We call a finitely complete category algebraically coherent when the change-of-base functors of its fibration of points are coherent, which means that they preserve finite limits and jointly strongly epimorphic pairs of arrows. We give…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Alan S. Cigoli , James R. A. Gray , Tim Van der Linden

Coarse geometry is the study of large-scale properties of spaces. In this paper we study group coarse structures (i.e., coarse structures on groups that agree with the algebraic structures), by using group ideals. We introduce a large class…

General Topology · Mathematics 2019-05-15 Dikran Dikranjan , Nicolò Zava

Higher-dimensional category theory is the study of n-categories, operads, braided monoidal categories, and other such exotic structures. Although it can be treated purely as an algebraic subject, it is inherently topological in nature: the…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Tom Leinster