{"title":"Codescent and Bicolimits of Pseudo-Algebras","authors":"Axel Osmond","doi":"10.1007/s10485-024-09765-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We categorify cocompleteness results of monad theory, in the context of pseudomonads. We first prove a general result establishing that, in any 2-category, weighted bicolimits can be constructed from oplax bicolimits and bicoequalizers of codescent objects. After prerequisites on pseudomonads and their pseudo-algebras, we give a 2-dimensional Linton theorem reducing bicocompleteness of 2-categories of pseudo-algebras to existence of bicoequalizers of codescent objects. Finally we prove this condition to be fulfilled in the case of a bifinitary pseudomonad, ensuring bicocompleteness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7952,"journal":{"name":"Applied Categorical Structures","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Categorical Structures","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10485-024-09765-0","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We categorify cocompleteness results of monad theory, in the context of pseudomonads. We first prove a general result establishing that, in any 2-category, weighted bicolimits can be constructed from oplax bicolimits and bicoequalizers of codescent objects. After prerequisites on pseudomonads and their pseudo-algebras, we give a 2-dimensional Linton theorem reducing bicocompleteness of 2-categories of pseudo-algebras to existence of bicoequalizers of codescent objects. Finally we prove this condition to be fulfilled in the case of a bifinitary pseudomonad, ensuring bicocompleteness.
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Applied Categorical Structures focuses on applications of results, techniques and ideas from category theory to mathematics, physics and computer science. These include the study of topological and algebraic categories, representation theory, algebraic geometry, homological and homotopical algebra, derived and triangulated categories, categorification of (geometric) invariants, categorical investigations in mathematical physics, higher category theory and applications, categorical investigations in functional analysis, in continuous order theory and in theoretical computer science. In addition, the journal also follows the development of emerging fields in which the application of categorical methods proves to be relevant.
Applied Categorical Structures publishes both carefully refereed research papers and survey papers. It promotes communication and increases the dissemination of new results and ideas among mathematicians and computer scientists who use categorical methods in their research.