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Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Limits.HasLimits

Existence of limits and colimits #

In CategoryTheory.Limits.IsLimit we defined IsLimit c, the data showing that a cone c is a limit cone.

The two main structures defined in this file are:

HasLimit is a propositional typeclass (it's important that it is a proposition merely asserting the existence of a limit, as otherwise we would have non-defeq problems from incompatible instances).

While HasLimit only asserts the existence of a limit cone, we happily use the axiom of choice in mathlib, so there are convenience functions all depending on HasLimit F:

Key to using the HasLimit interface is that there is an @[ext] lemma stating that to check f = g, for f g : Z ⟶ limit F, it suffices to check f ≫ limit.π F j = g ≫ limit.π F j for every j. This, combined with @[simp] lemmas, makes it possible to prove many easy facts about limits using automation (e.g. tidy).

There are abbreviations HasLimitsOfShape J C and HasLimits C asserting the existence of classes of limits. Later more are introduced, for finite limits, special shapes of limits, etc.

Ideally, many results about limits should be stated first in terms of IsLimit, and then a result in terms of HasLimit derived from this. At this point, however, this is far from uniformly achieved in mathlib --- often statements are only written in terms of HasLimit.

Implementation #

At present we simply say everything twice, in order to handle both limits and colimits. It would be highly desirable to have some automation support, e.g. a @[dualize] attribute that behaves similarly to @[to_additive].

References #

LimitCone F contains a cone over F together with the information that it is a limit.

HasLimit F represents the mere existence of a limit for F.

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    C has limits of shape J if there exists a limit for every functor F : J ⥤ C.

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      C has all limits of size v₁ u₁ (HasLimitsOfSize.{v₁ u₁} C) if it has limits of every shape J : Type u₁ with [Category.{v₁} J].

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        @[reducible, inline]

        C has all (small) limits if it has limits of every shape that is as big as its hom-sets.

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        Functoriality of limits.

        Usually this morphism should be accessed through lim.map, but may be needed separately when you have specified limits for the source and target functors, but not necessarily for all functors of shape J.

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        The isomorphism (in Type) between morphisms from a specified object W to the limit object, and cones with cone point W.

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        The isomorphism (in Type) between morphisms from a specified object W to the limit object, and an explicit componentwise description of cones with cone point W.

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        If a functor F has a limit, so does any naturally isomorphic functor.

        If a functor G has the same collection of cones as a functor F which has a limit, then G also has a limit.

        The limits of F : J ⥤ C and G : K ⥤ C are isomorphic, if there is an equivalence e : J ≌ K making the triangle commute up to natural isomorphism.

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        If a E ⋙ F has a limit, and E is an equivalence, we can construct a limit of F.

        limit F is functorial in F, when C has all limits of shape J.

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        The isomorphism between morphisms from W to the cone point of the limit cone for F and cones over F with cone point W is natural in F.

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        The constant functor and limit functor are adjoint to each other

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        The limit cone obtained from a right adjoint of the constant functor.

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        ColimitCocone F contains a cocone over F together with the information that it is a colimit.

        HasColimit F represents the mere existence of a colimit for F.

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          C has colimits of shape J if there exists a colimit for every functor F : J ⥤ C.

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            C has all colimits of size v₁ u₁ (HasColimitsOfSize.{v₁ u₁} C) if it has colimits of every shape J : Type u₁ with [Category.{v₁} J].

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              @[reducible, inline]

              C has all (small) colimits if it has colimits of every shape that is as big as its hom-sets.

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              @[simp]

              We have lots of lemmas describing how to simplify colimit.ι F j ≫ _, and combined with colimit.ext we rely on these lemmas for many calculations.

              However, since Category.assoc is a @[simp] lemma, often expressions are right associated, and it's hard to apply these lemmas about colimit.ι.

              We thus use reassoc to define additional @[simp] lemmas, with an arbitrary extra morphism. (see Tactic/reassoc_axiom.lean)

              Functoriality of colimits.

              Usually this morphism should be accessed through colim.map, but may be needed separately when you have specified colimits for the source and target functors, but not necessarily for all functors of shape J.

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              The isomorphism (in Type) between morphisms from the colimit object to a specified object W, and cocones with cone point W.

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              The isomorphism (in Type) between morphisms from the colimit object to a specified object W, and an explicit componentwise description of cocones with cone point W.

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              If a functor G has the same collection of cocones as a functor F which has a colimit, then G also has a colimit.

              The colimits of F : J ⥤ C and G : K ⥤ C are isomorphic, if there is an equivalence e : J ≌ K making the triangle commute up to natural isomorphism.

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              If a E ⋙ F has a colimit, and E is an equivalence, we can construct a colimit of F.

              colimit F is functorial in F, when C has all colimits of shape J.

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              The isomorphism between morphisms from the cone point of the colimit cocone for F to W and cocones over F with cone point W is natural in F.

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              The colimit functor and constant functor are adjoint to each other

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              If t : Cone F is a limit cone, then t.op : Cocone F.op is a colimit cocone.

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              If t : Cocone F is a colimit cocone, then t.op : Cone F.op is a limit cone.

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              If t : Cone F.op is a limit cone, then t.unop : Cocone F is a colimit cocone.

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              If t : Cocone F.op is a colimit cocone, then t.unop : Cone F. is a limit cone.

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              t : Cone F is a limit cone if and only if t.op : Cocone F.op is a colimit cocone.

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              t : Cocone F is a colimit cocone if and only if t.op : Cone F.op is a limit cone.

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