The Euler Characteristic of Finite Categories

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Autori principali: Akkaya, Mustafa, Ünlü, Özgün
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author Akkaya, Mustafa
Ünlü, Özgün
author_facet Akkaya, Mustafa
Ünlü, Özgün
contents We associate a rational number $χ(\mathcal{A})$ to every category $\mathcal{A}$ whose object and morphism sets are finite. We show that the assignment $χ$ is additive under disjoint union and it preserves products. Hence we consider $χ$ as an Euler measure on a family of categories where this assignment also obeys a version of the inclusion--exclusion principle.
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spellingShingle The Euler Characteristic of Finite Categories
Akkaya, Mustafa
Ünlü, Özgün
Category Theory
18F99, 55U99, 05C50
We associate a rational number $χ(\mathcal{A})$ to every category $\mathcal{A}$ whose object and morphism sets are finite. We show that the assignment $χ$ is additive under disjoint union and it preserves products. Hence we consider $χ$ as an Euler measure on a family of categories where this assignment also obeys a version of the inclusion--exclusion principle.
title The Euler Characteristic of Finite Categories
topic Category Theory
18F99, 55U99, 05C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.08966