A construction by Gabriel and Zisman #
In this file, we construct a cosimplicial object SimplexCategory.II
in SimplexCategoryᵒᵖ, i.e. a functor SimplexCategory ⥤ SimplexCategoryᵒᵖ.
If we identify SimplexCategory with the category of finite nonempty
linearly ordered types, this functor could be interpreted as the
contravariant functor which sends a finite nonempty linearly ordered type T
to T →o Fin 2 (with f ≤ g ↔ ∀ i, g i ≤ f i, which turns out to
be a linear order); in particular, it sends Fin (n + 1) to a linearly
ordered type which is isomorphic to Fin (n + 2). As a result, we define
SimplexCategory.II as a functor which sends ⦋n⦌ to ⦋n + 1⦌: on morphisms,
it sends faces to degeneracies and vice versa. This construction appeared
in Calculus of fractions and homotopy theory, chapter III, paragraph 1.1,
by Gabriel and Zisman.
References #
- [P. Gabriel, M. Zisman, Calculus of fractions and homotopy theory][gabriel-zisman-1967]
Auxiliary definition for the definition of the action of the
functor SimplexCategory.II on morphisms.
Equations
- SimplexCategory.II.map' f x = (SimplexCategory.II.finset f x).min' ⋯
Instances For
The functor SimplexCategory ⥤ SimplexCategoryᵒᵖ (i.e. a cosimplicial
object in SimplexCategoryᵒᵖ) which sends ⦋n⦌ to the object in SimplexCategoryᵒᵖ
that is associated to the linearly ordered type ⦋n + 1⦌ (which could be
identified to the ordered type ⦋n⦌ →o ⦋1⦌).
Equations
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