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Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Limits.KanExtension

Kan extensions #

This file defines the right and left Kan extensions of a functor. They exist under the assumption that the target category has enough limits resp. colimits.

The main definitions are Ran ι and Lan ι, where ι : S ⥤ L is a functor. Namely, Ran ι is the right Kan extension, while Lan ι is the left Kan extension, both as functors (S ⥤ D) ⥤ (L ⥤ D).

To access the right resp. left adjunction associated to these, use Ran.adjunction resp. Lan.adjunction.

Projects #

A lot of boilerplate could be generalized by defining and working with pseudofunctors.

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The diagram indexed by Ran.index ι x used to define Ran.

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    The diagram indexed by Lan.index ι x used to define Lan.

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