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A Categorical Approach to M\"obius Inversion via Derived Functors

Algebraic Topology 2024-11-08 v1 Combinatorics Category Theory K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We develop a cohomological approach to M\"obius inversion using derived functors in the enriched categorical setting. For a poset PP and a closed symmetric monoidal abelian category C\mathcal{C}, we define M\"obius cohomology as the derived functors of an enriched hom functor on the category of PP-modules. We prove that the Euler characteristic of our cohomology theory recovers the classical M\"obius inversion, providing a natural categorification. As a key application, we prove a categorical version of Rota's Galois Connection. Our approach unifies classical ideas from combinatorics with homological algebra.

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@article{arxiv.2411.04362,
  title  = {A Categorical Approach to M\"obius Inversion via Derived Functors},
  author = {Alex Elchesen and Amit Patel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.04362},
  year   = {2024}
}

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23 pages

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