Dual object

In category theory, a branch of mathematics, it is possible to define a concept of dual object generalizing the concept of dual space in linear algebra.

A category in which each object has a dual is called autonomous or rigid.

Definition

Consider an object $X$ in a monoidal category $(\mathbf{C},\otimes, I, \alpha, \lambda, \rho)$ . The object $X^*$ is called a left dual of $X$ if there exist two morphsims

\eta:I\to X\otimes X^*

, called the coevaluation, and

\varepsilon:X^*\otimes X\to I

, called the evaluation,

such that the following two diagrams commute

and

The object $X$ is called the right dual of $X^*$ . Left duals are canonically isomorphic when they exist, as are right duals. When C is braided (or symmetric), every left dual is also a right dual, and vice versa.

If we consider a monoidal category as a bicategory with one object, a dual pair is exactly an adjoint pair.

Categories with duals

A monoidal category where every object has a left (resp. right) dual is sometimes called a left (resp. right) autonomous category. Algebraic geometers call it a left (resp. right) rigid category. A monoidal category where every object has both a left and a right dual is called an autonomous category. An autonomous category that is also symmetric is called a compact closed category.

References

Peter Freyd and David Yetter (1989). "Braided Compact Closed Categories with Applications to Low-Dimensional Topology". Advances in Mathematics 77 (2): 156–182. doi:10.1016/0001-8708(89)90018-2.
André Joyal and Ross Street. "The Geometry of Tensor calculus II". Synthese Lib 259: 29–68.

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Dual object

Definition

Categories with duals

See also

References