A generalization of de Vries duality to closed relations between compact Hausdorff spaces

Abbadini, Bezhanishvili, Carai · Topology and its Applications · 2023 · category-theory · 10.1016/j.topol.2023.108641 · record abbadini2023-a-generalization-of-de-vries-duali
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de Vries algebras closed relation isomorphism structure-preserving bijection subordination relations Realising compact Hausdorff spaces as quotients of Stone spaces by closed equivalence relations, and then splitting those equivalences as idempotents inside the allegory, transports the Stone-space/boolean-algebra equivalence up to the compact Hausdorff/de Vries level. closed relation between Stone spaces quasi-semi-homomorphism subordination relation allegory S5-subordination S5-subordination space extremally disconnected Gleason space de Vries algebra mathematical-proof

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limitationsThe composition operation in the classical dual category is not the usual function composition, which is the drawback the paper exists to remove.
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what this limits: any argument that composes morphisms in de Vries' original dual category DeV: composition there is not usual function composition, whereas in the alternative proposed here it is usual relation composition
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limitationsThe direction chosen for the morphisms is declared a matter of taste, with the opposite convention giving a dual statement of the same result.
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what this limits: the direction in which this equivalence is stated: the authors call the choice of direction a matter of taste and note the result can equally be stated as a dual equivalence
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sensesisomorphism - IN DeVS AND GleR, RECOVERED: the paper proves that in these two categories isomorphisms ARE structure-preserving bijections, which is what makes them the better home for the duality
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sensescomposition - THE ORDINARY OPERATION OR NOT: in de Vries' original category it is not usual function composition; in the approach proposed here it is usual relation composition, and that difference is given as the advantage
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claim_relationsextends → de Vries duality [12]
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content_tagsStone duality lifts to an equivalence between Stone spaces with closed relations and boolean algebras with subordination relations.
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content_tagsSplitting the equivalences (closed equivalence relations) in the allegory of Stone spaces and closed relations produces a category equivalent to compact Hausdorff spaces with closed relations.
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content_tagsSplitting the equivalences on the algebraic side produces a category equivalent to de Vries algebras with compatible subordination relations.
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content_tagsCompact Hausdorff spaces with closed relations are equivalent to de Vries algebras with compatible subordinations, resolving a problem recently raised in the literature.
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content_tagsThat equivalence restricts to one between compact Hausdorff spaces with continuous maps and the wide subcategory DeVF of de Vries algebras whose morphisms satisfy additional conditions.
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content_tagsOne advantage is that composition of morphisms is ordinary relation composition.
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content_tagsThe equivalence is realised concretely by sending a closed relation R to the subordination on regular opens defined by U S V exactly when R maps the closure of U inside V.
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content_tagsIsomorphisms in the intermediate categories are badly behaved: two S5-subordination spaces can be isomorphic in StoneER while their underlying Stone spaces differ in cardinality.
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content_tagsIn the de Vries algebra category DeVS, by contrast, every isomorphism is a structure-preserving bijection.
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content_tagsDeVF is dually isomorphic to the classical category DeV of de Vries algebras and de Vries morphisms.
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content_tagsThe construction yields, as a by-product, a new proof that the category of compact Hausdorff spaces is the exact completion of the category of Stone spaces.
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content_tagsclosed relation between Stone spaces
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content_tagsde Vries algebra
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