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Reference request for a complete and formal Duality Principle in category theory

Most textbooks on category theory only sketch the meaning of the Duality Principle. But even when they do it more formally, I have only seen a version so far which concerns the language of a (single) ...
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Isbell duality between algebras and sheaves

nLab says on Isbell duality, the following: A general abstract adjunction $(\mathcal{O} \dashv \operatorname{Spec}) : \mathrm{CoPresheaves} \leftrightarrows \mathrm{Presheaves}$ relates (higher) ...
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Twisted duality in a symmetric monoidal category

I would like to know if the following definition is already known or even well-known. Is there a reference in the literature? Do you know prominent examples? Definition. Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a ...
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Poincare duality in families of smooth, projective curves

Let $f:\mathcal{C} \to \Delta^*$ be a family of smooth, projective curves over a punctured disc. Denote by $\mathbb{H}^1:=R^1f_*\mathbb{Z}$ the associated local system, such that for every $t \in \...
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Access to a classic reference of Dold-Puppe

There is an old reference that I am unable tofind. It is Dold-Puppe´s communication at a conference. More concretely, it is cited as: A. Dold, D. Puppe: Duality, trace and transfer. Proceedings of the ...
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Characters on monotone functions

Characters on the semigroup $(C_{+}^{b}(\mathbb{R}^{d}),+)$, i.e. on bounded positive continuous functions with the ususal pointwise addition, are known to be of the form $C_{+}^{b}(\mathbb{R}^{d})\ni ...
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Duality between K-theory and K-homology in the non-compact, spin$^c$ case

Let $M$ be a compact spin$^c$ manifold, so that it has a fundamental class $[M] \in K_n(M)$. It is well-known that the cap product with $[M]$ induces Poincare duality isomorphisms $K^\ast(M) \cong K_\...
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Duality for finite quotient groups of finitely generated free abelian groups

$\newcommand{\Z}{{\Bbb Z}} \newcommand{\Q}{{\Bbb Q}} \newcommand{\Hom}{{\rm Hom}} $ The following lemma is certainly known. Lemma (well-known). Let $B$ be a lattice (that is, a finitely generated ...
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Reference for duality inducing bijections between subobjects and quotients?

I'm not the most category-theoretic person but I have run into the following statement in my work. Suppose we have a category duality $\mathcal F:\mathcal C\to\mathcal D$. For my needs you can ...
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On Radon-Nikodym property of a dual of a Bochner space

Let ${\rm S}^{n-1}$ be the unit sphere of ${\bf R}^n$ and let us consider the dual of the space $L^p\left({\bf R}^n; C^1({\rm S}^{n-1})\right)$, for some $p\in\langle1,\infty\rangle$: it is the space ...
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Explicit S-duality map

$\DeclareMathOperator{\Th}{Th}$ The Thom space of a closed manifold $M$ ($\Th(M)$) is the $S$-dual to $M_+ (=M \cup \{pt\})$. Let $M$ be embedded in $\mathbf R^{n+k}$. I found the duality map from $S^...
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Heap torsors and dual objects

Suppose that $G$ is a group and $P:G\rightarrow G$ is a permutation of $G$. We would now like to apply a forgetful functor to the algebra $(G,\cdot,P,^{-1},e)$. Whenever $g\in G$, let $gP$ be the ...
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A new topology on the dual of a locally convex space?

Working with the separable quotient problem for locally convex spaces we (with Saak Gabriyelyan) arrived to an interesting topology on the dual of a locally convex space and we would like to know if ...
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Reference Request: Algebraic Serre's Duality Theorem for Curves

Serre's Duality Theorem is well known and well studied and, as far as I know, there is a "big" algebraic proof for the general case, which is now kind of standard, and can be found in Hartshorne (...
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$L_p$ estimate in mixed boundary problem for elliptic equation

Let $Q$ be convex polygon, $\Gamma$ be a portion of boundary $\partial Q$ and $H^1_\Gamma(Q)=\lbrace u\in H^1(Q): u|_\Gamma=0\rbrace$. For $f\in (L_2(Q))^2$ consider the problem $$ \int_Q A(x)\nabla u ...
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Is the category of profunctors $Prof(A,B)$ equivalent to $Prof(B,A)^{op}$?

$\def\Prof{\mathsf{Prof}}\def\Set{\mathsf{Set}}\def\tobar{\mathrel{\mkern3mu \vcenter{\hbox{$\scriptscriptstyle+$}}\mkern-12mu{\to}}}$Let $A$ and $B$ be categories. Define a profunctor $A\tobar B$ to ...
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