The Rosický Tangent Categories of Algebras over an Operad

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Main Authors: Ikonicoff, Sacha, Lanfranchi, Marcello, Lemay, Jean-Simon Pacaud
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author Ikonicoff, Sacha
Lanfranchi, Marcello
Lemay, Jean-Simon Pacaud
author_facet Ikonicoff, Sacha
Lanfranchi, Marcello
Lemay, Jean-Simon Pacaud
contents Tangent categories provide a categorical axiomatization of the tangent bundle. There are many interesting examples and applications of tangent categories in a variety of areas such as differential geometry, algebraic geometry, algebra, and even computer science. The purpose of this paper is to expand the theory of tangent categories in a new direction: the theory of operads. The main result of this paper is that both the category of algebras of an operad and its opposite category are tangent categories. The tangent bundle for the category of algebras is given by the semi-direct product, while the tangent bundle for the opposite category of algebras is constructed using the module of Kähler differentials, and these tangent bundles are in fact adjoints of one another. To prove these results, we first prove that the category of algebras of a coCartesian differential monad is a tangent category. We then show that the monad associated to any operad is a coCartesian differential monad. This also implies that we can construct Cartesian differential categories from operads. Therefore, operads provide a bountiful source of examples of tangent categories and Cartesian differential categories, which both recaptures previously known examples and also yield new interesting examples. We also discuss how certain basic tangent category notions recapture well-known concepts in the theory of operads.
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spellingShingle The Rosický Tangent Categories of Algebras over an Operad
Ikonicoff, Sacha
Lanfranchi, Marcello
Lemay, Jean-Simon Pacaud
Category Theory
18F40, 18M70
Tangent categories provide a categorical axiomatization of the tangent bundle. There are many interesting examples and applications of tangent categories in a variety of areas such as differential geometry, algebraic geometry, algebra, and even computer science. The purpose of this paper is to expand the theory of tangent categories in a new direction: the theory of operads. The main result of this paper is that both the category of algebras of an operad and its opposite category are tangent categories. The tangent bundle for the category of algebras is given by the semi-direct product, while the tangent bundle for the opposite category of algebras is constructed using the module of Kähler differentials, and these tangent bundles are in fact adjoints of one another. To prove these results, we first prove that the category of algebras of a coCartesian differential monad is a tangent category. We then show that the monad associated to any operad is a coCartesian differential monad. This also implies that we can construct Cartesian differential categories from operads. Therefore, operads provide a bountiful source of examples of tangent categories and Cartesian differential categories, which both recaptures previously known examples and also yield new interesting examples. We also discuss how certain basic tangent category notions recapture well-known concepts in the theory of operads.
title The Rosický Tangent Categories of Algebras over an Operad
topic Category Theory
18F40, 18M70
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.05434