Questions tagged [cartesian-closed-categories]
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Is there a topological space X homeomorphic to the space of continuous functions from X to [0, 1]?
In general, we might ask when we can find interesting spaces $X, Y$ such that $X$ is homeomorphic to $[X, Y]$. By the Lawvere fixed point theorem $Y$ must have the fixed point property. Happily, $Y = [...
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What is the monoidal equivalent of a locally cartesian closed category?
If a closed monoidal category is the monoidal equivalent of a Cartesian closed category, is there an analogous equivalent for locally cartesian closed categories? Is there a standard terminology or ...
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Why it is convenient to be cartesian closed for a category of spaces?
In 1967 Steenrod wrote what later became a quite celebrated paper, A convenient category of topological spaces (Michigan Math. J. 14 (1967) 133–152). The paper conveys the work of many (among the most ...
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Enriched cartesian closed categories
Let $V$ be a complete and cocomplete cartesian closed category. Feel free to assume more about $V$ if necessary; in my application $V$ is simplicial sets, so it is a presheaf topos and hence has all ...
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A locally presentable locally cartesian closed category that is not a quasitopos
This question asks for a locally presentable locally cartesian closed category that is not a topos. All the answers given (at least in the 1-categorical case) are quasitoposes. What is an example of ...
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Propositional logic with categories
I have some vague sense that certain types of categories are related to certain types of logic. I've been meaning to learn more about this, so I thought I'd ask about the simplest case, propositional ...
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Are condensed sets (locally) cartesian closed?
The category of condensed sets is the colimit of the toposes of $\kappa$-condensed sets over all cardinals $\kappa$, or equivalently the category of "small sheaves" on the large site of all ...
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Is $\mathrm{Graph}$ cartesian-closed?
Let $\mathrm{Graph}$ be the category of simple, undirected graphs with graph homomorphisms. For any graphs $G, H$ we denote by $\text{Hom}(G, H)$ the set of graph homomorphisms $f:G\to H$. (Note that $...
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When is the projective model structure cartesian? When is the internal hom invariant?
If M is a sufficiently nice model category and D is a small category then there are two natural model structures we can impose on the functor category $Fun(D,M)$ where the weak equivalences are the ...
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Weak colimits in locally cartesian closed categories
The general adjoint functor theorem implies that a complete locally small category has a weak colimit of a diagram if and only if it has a colimit of this diagram. It seems that this is also true for ...
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Simplicially enriched cartesian closed categories
In this question I asked whether for a complete and cocomplete cartesian closed category $V$, there can be a complete and cocomplete $V$-category $C$ (with powers and copowers) whose underlying ...
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Exponentiable objects in a category, valued in a larger, containing category
Recall that when dealing with topological spaces one usually likes dealing with a subcategory of $Top$ which is convenient, one facet of which is that it is cartesian closed. However to get to a ...
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The union of all coreflective Cartesian closed subcategories of $\mathbf{Top}$
Very often, in topology, one restricts to a coreflective Cartesian closed subcategory of $\mathbf{Top}$ in order to freely use exponential laws for mapping spaces, which imply things like "the ...
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Mention of Bernoulli principle by Bill Lawvere
In the Author Commentary to the reprint of the paper paper Diagonal Arguments and Cartesian Closed Categories in Theory and Applications of Categories Bill Lawvere wrote:
Although the cartesian-...
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Cartesian monoidal star-autonomous categories
Disclaimer: This is a crosspost (see MathStackexchange). Apologies if cross-posting is frowned upon. However, it seems that on Stackexchange there are not many people familiar with star-autonomous ...
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Does the morphism of composition have some universal property?
Let $A$, $B$ and $C$ be three objects in the category Set. For simplicity, assume that their underlying sets contain a finite number of elements, a, b and c respectively. Using the usual Haskell ...
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When is a locally presentable category (locally) cartesian-closed?
Let $\kappa$ be a regular cardinal. A category $\mathscr C$ is locally $\kappa$-presentable iff it is the free completion of a small $\kappa$-cocomplete category under $\kappa$-filtered colimits. Is ...
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An obscure case of Curry-Howard
It is a theorem of the Intuitionistic Propositional Calculus that
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(p\to q)\to p = (q\to p) \land ((p\to q)\to q).
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The Curry-Howard correspondence realizes this as a pair of operators (for any ...
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Existence of nontrivial categories in which every object is atomic
An object $X$ of a cartesian closed category $\mathbf C$ is atomic if $({-})^X \colon \mathbf C \to \mathbf C$ has a right adjoint (hence is also internally tiny). Intuitively, atomic objects are &...
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Is the category of affine schemes (over a fixed field) Cartesian closed?
This is probably a trivial question, but I don't see the answer, and I haven't found it on Wikipedia, nLab, nor MathOverflow.
Let $\text{ComAlg}$ denote the category whose objects are commutative ...
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Example of a locally presentable locally cartesian closed category which is not a topos?
The only way I know to get a locally cartesian closed category which is not a topos is to start with a topos and then throw out some objects so that the category is not sufficiently cocomplete to be a ...
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Is the category of quotient of countably based topological spaces cartesian closed ?
In "Handbook of categorical algebra Vol 2" from Francis Borceux, the author gives a proof that $Top$ is not cartesian closed. It seems to me that this proof can be adapted to show that the category $\...
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About cartesian closed categories of models of a cartesian theory
Let $T$ be a small category, and $\mathrm{Mod}(T)\subset\mathrm{Fun}(T,\textbf{Set})$ the category of cartesian (finite-limit preserving) copresheaves on $T$. If $T$ is a commutative algebraic theory, ...
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Strictifying closed monoidal categories?
Let $C$ be a cartesian closed category. It's well known that $C$ is equivalent to a category where the product is strict monoidal; i.e. where there are equalities of the functors given by the ...
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Condition for a functor to induce a cartesian closed functor between categories of presheaves
We denote the category of presheaves on a small category ${\cal C}$ (set-valued functor-category) by $$\widehat{\cal C}:=[{\cal C}^{op},{\bf Set}].$$
Such a category is cartesian closed, i.e. it ...
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A (too?) simple notion of "closed multicategory"
Suppose I define a multicategory $M=(Ob(M),Hom_M)$ to be simply closed if
for every sequence $S=(b_1,\ldots,b_n;x)$ of $n+1$ objects in $M$, we provide an object $Exp(S)\in Ob(M)$, and
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Example of a non-closed cocomplete symmetric monoidal category
Background
By a cocomplete symmetric monoidal category $C$ I mean a symmetric monoidal category whose underlying category is cocomplete and such that $- \otimes X : C \to C$ is cocontinuous for all $X ...
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Is the category of hypergraphs cartesian-closed?
If $H_i = (V_i, E_i)$ for $i=1,2$ are hypergraphs then a map $f:V_1\to V_2$ is said to be a hypergraph homomorphism if $f(e_1)\in E_2$ for all $e_1\in E_1$. Hypergraphs together with hypergraph ...
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Does Cantor Bernstein hold in a Closed Symmetric Monoidal Category?
In a closed symmetric monoidal category with $[I,X] \cong X$ for all $X$ is it true that having monomorphisms $m :A \rightarrow B$ and $m: B \rightarrow A$ is enough to imply $A \cong B$ ?
I tried to ...
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Cartesian-closed categories of algebras
If the Kleisli-category of a monad is Cartesian-closed, can we say when the category of Eilenberg-Moore algebras is?
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Is there a faithful functor from the freely generated bicartesian closed category to $\mathbf{Set}$?
Does there exist a faithful (bicartesian closed) functor $\operatorname F$ from the freely generated bicartesian closed category $\mathbf B$ to $\mathbf{Set}$? Preferably, $\mathbf B$ should contain ...
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Need to know if a certain full subcategory of Top is cartesian closed
Consider the full subcategory of Top consisting of all spaces $X$ such that a subset $A$ of $X$ is closed if and only if $A \cap K$ is closed in $K$ for all subspaces $K$ of $X$ which are countably ...
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Alternative definition of power object in a category
The standard definition of a power object seems to be: objects $\mathcal{P}X, K \in \mathbf{C}$ and a monic $\in: K \hookrightarrow X \times \mathcal{P}X$ such that for every monic $r: A \...
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Internal characterizations of lifting properties?
This is basically a restatement of this question.
Two arrows $f,g$ are orthogonal, i.e satisfy $f\perp g$, iff the square below is a pullback
$$\require{AMScd} \begin{CD}
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Cartesian closed category
Let $\bf{C}$ be a category with finite products.
(1) An object $X$ of $\bf{C}$ is called cartesian if the functor $(-)\times X$ has a right
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$R$-Module objects in cartesian closed categories
I am looking for a reference for the following statement.
Theorem. Let
$C$ be a regular, well-powered, countably complete cartesian closed category,
$R$ be a (commutative) ring object in $C$,
$R\...
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Is the category of convergence spaces cartesian-closed?
Convergence spaces are a generalization of topological spaces; we denote the category of convergence spaces with continuous maps with ${\bf Conv}$. Is ${\bf Conv}$ cartesian-closed?
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Where can I learn about Cartesian closed functors between categories of simply typed lambda calculus?
I'll try to describe the subject I am looking for literature on, or concept names that I can Google.
For each $n \geq 1$, let $\mathbf{STLC}_n$ be the category where the objects are all simply typed ...
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A new(?) kind of 2-adjunction for relating cartesian closed functors using dinatural hexagons
$\newcommand{\A}{\operatorname{A}}
\newcommand{\B}{\operatorname{B}}
\newcommand{\Cat}{\mathcal{Cat}}
\newcommand{\Cart}{\mathcal{Cart}}
\newcommand{\C}{\mathbf{C}}
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When a monoidal closed category is cartesian closed
Let $C$ be a monoidal closed category with tensor $\otimes$ and internal hom $[-, -]$.
Suppose that
$C$ acts by adjoint monads, i.e. $- \otimes X$ is a comonad and $[X, -]$ is a monad, and each $F : ...
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Categories in which finite powers commute with filtered colimits
If $\mathcal{C}$ is a category with finite products and filtered colimits, then we say that finite powers commute with filtered colimits in $\mathcal{C}$ if for each natural number $n$, the $n$th ...
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Is there a construction capturing indexed families of adjunctions?
I'm sorry in advance if this question does not belong on this site. I am curious as to what is "really" going on when you have a family of functors indexed by elements in a base category, all of which ...
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Can the Category of that kind of small sets in $\sf NFU$ be Cartesian closed?
Working in Quine's $\sf NFU$, with urelements being at least as many as sets. Formally the latter is: $|Ur| \geq |Set|$.
Where $Ur$ is the set of all urelements and $Set$ is the set of all sets. We ...
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Boolean algebra object structure on coproduct of terminal object
I am asking for some clarification on this old question.
The context for my question is a cartesian closed category $ C $ with a binary coproduct and a terminal object $ I $. One of the answers claims ...
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Seems like Reader monad composed with a strong monad produces a monad, am I right?
Take a Cartesian (or monoidal) closed category; define Reader monad for a given object $E$ as
$X \mapsto X^E$; and take a strong monad $M$ (strong means preserves product or tensor product).
Now the ...
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When is the derived category $D(A)$ locally cartesian closed?
Let $D(A)$ be the derived $(\infty,1)$-category of some abelian category $A$. For which $A$ is $D(A)$ locally cartesian closed?
Replace $D$ with $D^b$ or similar if appropriate.
I essentially want ...
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Are lax functor categories into a cartesian closed 2-category cartesian closed?
Suppose that $C$ is a complete closed monoidal category and $I$ is any small category. Then the functor category $Fun(I,C)$ is again a closed monoidal category with the pointwise tensor product $F \...
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Product in the free CCC over a CCC
When you start with a CCC $C$, take the underlying graph of $C$ via the forgetful $U : Cat \to Graph$, and then construct the free CCC over $U(C)$ via $Free : Graph \to Cat$: what's the relationship ...
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Double categories and fibrations
Is there a way in which Conduche fibrations can lead to completeness in double categories? I know that Conduche conditions on functors play a role in completeness or cocompleteness in pseudo-double ...
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Existence and explicit descriptions for left and right Kan extensions and lifts in bicategories of spans
Given a category $\mathcal{C}$, it follows from Proposition 4.1 of Day's
Brian Day, Limit spaces and closed span categories, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 420, 1974 (doi:10.1007/BFb0063100).
That ...
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