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Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Linear.Basic

Linear categories #

An R-linear category is a category in which X ⟶ Y is an R-module in such a way that composition of morphisms is R-linear in both variables.

Note that sometimes in the literature a "linear category" is further required to be abelian.

Implementation #

Corresponding to the fact that we need to have an AddCommGroup X structure in place to talk about a Module R X structure, we need Preadditive C as a prerequisite typeclass for Linear R C. This makes for longer signatures than would be ideal.

Future work #

It would be nice to have a usable framework of enriched categories in which this just became a category enriched in Module R.

A category is called R-linear if P ⟶ Q is an R-module such that composition is R-linear in both variables.

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    • CategoryTheory.Linear.preadditiveNatLinear = { homModule := inferInstance, smul_comp := , comp_smul := }
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    • CategoryTheory.Linear.preadditiveIntLinear = { homModule := inferInstance, smul_comp := , comp_smul := }

    Composition by a fixed left argument as an R-linear map.

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      Composition by a fixed right argument as an R-linear map.

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        def CategoryTheory.Linear.homCongr (k : Type u_1) {C : Type u_2} [CategoryTheory.Category.{u_3, u_2} C] [Semiring k] [CategoryTheory.Preadditive C] [CategoryTheory.Linear k C] {X Y W Z : C} (f₁ : X Y) (f₂ : W Z) :
        (X W) ≃ₗ[k] Y Z

        Given isomorphic objects X ≅ Y, W ≅ Z in a k-linear category, we have a k-linear isomorphism between Hom(X, W) and Hom(Y, Z).

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          Composition as a bilinear map.

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