Cofibrant generation of pure monomorphisms in presheaf categories

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Hauptverfasser: Cox, Sean, Feigert, Jonathan, Kamsma, Mark, Mazari-Armida, Marcos, Rosický, Jiří
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author Cox, Sean
Feigert, Jonathan
Kamsma, Mark
Mazari-Armida, Marcos
Rosický, Jiří
author_facet Cox, Sean
Feigert, Jonathan
Kamsma, Mark
Mazari-Armida, Marcos
Rosický, Jiří
contents We characterise when the pure monomorphisms in a presheaf category $\mathbf{Set}^\mathcal{C}$ are cofibrantly generated in terms of the category $\mathcal{C}$. In particular, when $\mathcal{C}$ is a monoid $S$ this characterises cofibrant generation of pure monomorphisms between sets with an $S$-action in terms of $S$: this happens if and only if for all $a, b \in S$ there is $c \in S$ such that $a = cb$ or $ca = b$. We give a model-theoretic proof: we prove that our characterisation is equivalent to having a stable independence relation, which in turn is equivalent to cofibrant generation. As a corollary, we show that pure monomorphisms in acts over the multiplicative monoid of natural numbers are not cofibrantly generated.
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spellingShingle Cofibrant generation of pure monomorphisms in presheaf categories
Cox, Sean
Feigert, Jonathan
Kamsma, Mark
Mazari-Armida, Marcos
Rosický, Jiří
Category Theory
Logic
18C05, 20M50 (Primary), 03C48, 03C60, 18C35, 20M30 (Secondary)
We characterise when the pure monomorphisms in a presheaf category $\mathbf{Set}^\mathcal{C}$ are cofibrantly generated in terms of the category $\mathcal{C}$. In particular, when $\mathcal{C}$ is a monoid $S$ this characterises cofibrant generation of pure monomorphisms between sets with an $S$-action in terms of $S$: this happens if and only if for all $a, b \in S$ there is $c \in S$ such that $a = cb$ or $ca = b$. We give a model-theoretic proof: we prove that our characterisation is equivalent to having a stable independence relation, which in turn is equivalent to cofibrant generation. As a corollary, we show that pure monomorphisms in acts over the multiplicative monoid of natural numbers are not cofibrantly generated.
title Cofibrant generation of pure monomorphisms in presheaf categories
topic Category Theory
Logic
18C05, 20M50 (Primary), 03C48, 03C60, 18C35, 20M30 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20278