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A Generalised Exactness Structure for Sets

Category Theory 2025-02-10 v3

Abstract

Two adjoint functors can be seen as generalisations of the two functions within a Galois connection. If instead the adjoints are not generalised from functions, but from relations, then analogously the object of study becomes a more general notion of an adjunction. A suitable method to express such functor-level relations is to consider functors into categories of families. This structure is then used to show that the central exactness structure in self-dual group theory, consisting of a chain of adjunctions, holds also for the category of sets when seen in this general form. EDIT: Please see the note about the empty set on page 4!

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@article{arxiv.1808.01350,
  title  = {A Generalised Exactness Structure for Sets},
  author = {Phillip-Jan van Zyl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.01350},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Need to revise using F-functor

R2 v1 2026-06-23T03:24:10.151Z