A lattice-theoretical perspective on adhesive categories

作者:Baldan Paolo*; Bonchi Filippo; Corradini Andrea; Heindel Tobias; Koenig Barbara
来源:Journal of Symbolic Computation, 2011, 46(3): 222-245.
DOI:10.1016/j.jsc.2010.09.006

摘要

It is a known fact that the subobjects of an object in an adhesive category form a distributive lattice. Building on this observation, in the paper we show how the representation theorem for finite distributive lattices applies to subobject lattices. In particular, we introduce a notion of irreducible object in an adhesive category, and we prove that any finite object of an adhesive category can be obtained as the colimit of its irreducible subobjects. Furthermore we show that every arrow between finite objects in an adhesive category can be interpreted as a lattice homomorphism between subobject lattices and, conversely, we characterize those homomorphisms between subobject lattices which can be seen as arrows.

  • 出版日期2011-3
  • 单位INRIA