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with objects and morphisms as distinct sorts, together with the relations of an object being the source or target of a morphism and a symbol for composing two morphisms.
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This example on orders is a special case, since partial orders correspond to a certain kind of category in which Hom(
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need not be a category that arises from mathematical practice. In this case, another category
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two morphisms, a corresponding dual statement is obtained regarding the opposite category
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Informally, these conditions state that the dual of a statement is formed by reversing
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Interchange the order of composing morphisms. That is, replace each occurrence of
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is a monomorphism if and only if the reverse morphism in the opposite category
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and ≤ a partial order relation, we can define a new partial order relation ≤
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Let σ be any statement in this language. We form the dual σ as follows:
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We define the elementary language of category theory as the two-sorted
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An example comes from reversing the direction of inequalities in a
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Correspondence between properties of a category and its opposite
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Applying duality, this means that a morphism in some category
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have their roles interchanged. This is an abstract form of
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Interchange each occurrence of "source" in σ with "target".
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is a correspondence between the properties of a category
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is the observation that σ is true for some category
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Rosicky (1994). 576:are examples of dual notions in 53:and the dual properties of the 449:{\displaystyle f\colon B\to A} 440: 282:{\displaystyle f\colon A\to B} 273: 13: 1: 624: 244:if and only if σ is true for 7: 1115:Constructions on categories 743:Mac Lane, Saunders (1978). 731:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 713:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 695:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 592: 251: 10: 1488: 1222:Higher-dimensional algebra 29: 1416: 1349: 1313: 1261: 1254: 1205: 1195: 1182: 1171: 1114: 1056: 1007: 962: 953: 850: 846: 835: 216:{\displaystyle f\circ g} 190:{\displaystyle g\circ f} 136:equivalent as categories 1032:Cokernels and quotients 955:Universal constructions 64:, by interchanging the 1189:Higher category theory 935:Natural transformation 770:Awodey, Steve (2010). 586:Eckmann–Hilton duality 450: 418: 389: 351: 325: 283: 217: 191: 609:Duality (mathematics) 555:applied to lattices. 451: 419: 390: 352: 326: 284: 218: 192: 32:Duality (mathematics) 1058:Algebraic categories 539:, we will 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Index

Categorical dual
Duality (mathematics)
category theory
mathematics
opposite category
source
target
morphism
composing
concrete category
equivalent as categories
first order language
arrows
compositions
monomorphism
epimorphism
partial order
set
lattice
De Morgan's laws
duality
Limits
colimits
Fibrations
cofibrations
algebraic topology
homotopy theory
Eckmann–Hilton duality
Adjoint functor
Dual object

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