Discrete categories #
We define Discrete α as a structure containing a term a : α for any type α,
and use this type alias to provide a SmallCategory instance
whose only morphisms are the identities.
There is an annoying technical difficulty that it has turned out to be inconvenient
to allow categories with morphisms living in Prop,
so instead of defining X ⟶ Y in Discrete α as X = Y,
one might define it as PLift (X = Y).
In fact, to allow Discrete α to be a SmallCategory
(i.e. with morphisms in the same universe as the objects),
we actually define the hom type X ⟶ Y as ULift (PLift (X = Y)).
Discrete.functor promotes a function f : I → C (for any category C) to a functor
Discrete.functor f : Discrete I ⥤ C.
Similarly, Discrete.natTrans and Discrete.natIso promote I-indexed families of morphisms,
or I-indexed families of isomorphisms to natural transformations or natural isomorphism.
We show equivalences of types are the same as (categorical) equivalences of the corresponding discrete categories.
A wrapper for promoting any type to a category, with the only morphisms being equalities.
- as : α
A wrapper for promoting any type to a category, with the only morphisms being equalities.
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The "Discrete" category on a type, whose morphisms are equalities.
Because we do not allow morphisms in Prop (only in Type),
somewhat annoyingly we have to define X ⟶ Y as ULift (PLift (X = Y)).
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Use:
attribute [local aesop safe tactic (rule_sets := [CategoryTheory])]
CategoryTheory.Discrete.discreteCases
to locally gives cat_disch the ability to call cases on
Discrete and (_ : Discrete _) ⟶ (_ : Discrete _) hypotheses.
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Any function I → C gives a functor Discrete I ⥤ C.
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The discrete functor induced by a composition of maps can be written as a composition of two discrete functors.
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For functors out of a discrete category, a natural transformation is just a collection of maps, as the naturality squares are trivial.
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For functors out of a discrete category, a natural isomorphism is just a collection of isomorphisms, as the naturality squares are trivial.
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Every functor F from a discrete category is naturally isomorphic (actually, equal) to
Discrete.functor (F.obj).
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Composing Discrete.functor F with another functor G amounts to composing F with G.obj
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The equivalence of categories (J → C) ≌ (Discrete J ⥤ C).
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A category is discrete when there is at most one morphism between two objects, in which case they are equal.
- subsingleton (X Y : C) : Subsingleton (X ⟶ Y)