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Categorical Kähler differentials and the Leibniz rule
From nlab, the module of Kähler differentials over some category $\mathcal{C}$ is the free functor:
$$\Omega: \mathcal{C} \to \mathsf{Mod_{\mathcal{C}}}$$
left-adjoint to the (forgetful) embedding:
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Trying to decode a module functor
This is section 5.1 from, ARITHMETIC DERIVATIVES THROUGH GEOMETRY OF NUMBERS by Hector Pasten.
Let $A$ be a commutative unitary ring, let $R$ be a commutative monoid, and let $\alpha : R \to A$ be a ...
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