P{\l}onka Adjunction
Category Theory
2025-05-23 v2
Abstract
For a signature Σ and its subsignature Σ=0 without 0-ary operation symbols, we prove (1) that there are strong Lawvere adjoint cylinders between the category Ssl, of sup-semilattices, and the categories ∫SslIsysΣ, of sup-semilattice inductive systems of Σ-algebras, and ∫SslIsysΣ=0, of sup-semilattice inductive systems of Σ=0-algebras; (2) that there exists an adjunction between Ssl and the category Alg(Σ=0), of Σ=0-algebras; (3) that there exists an adjunction between the categories Ssl and Lnb, the category of left normal bands; (4) after defining and stating several technical results on the category \mbox\sffamily\upshapeP\lAlg(Σ=0), of P{\l}onka Σ=0-algebras, and defining functors JΣ=0 from \mbox\sffamily\upshapeP\lAlg(Σ=0) to Alg(Σ=0)⊗Lnb, the tensor product of Alg(Σ=0) and Lnb, and PΣ=0 from Alg(Σ=0)⊗Lnb to Alg(Σ=0), we prove that PΣ=0∘JΣ=0 has a left adjoint; finally, (5) after defining a functor IsΣ=0 from \mbox\sffamily\upshapeP\lAlg(Σ=0) to ∫SslIsysΣ=0 we prove the main result of this paper: that IsΣ=0 has a left adjoint \mbox\upshapeP\lΣ=0, which is the P{\l}onka sum.
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@article{arxiv.2305.03581,
title = {P{\l}onka Adjunction},
author = {Juan Climent Vidal and Enric Cosme Llópez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.03581},
year = {2025}
}
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36 pages