Coalgebras of bounded type

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Let SET be the category of sets, \(F:\text{SET}\to \text{SET}\) a nontrivial functor and \(\beta_A:A\to F(A)\) be a map. A pair \(A=(A,\beta_A)\) is called coalgebra or \(F\)-coalgebra. Automata and nondeterministic automata can be modelled as \(F\)-coalgebras. A map \(\varphi:A\to B\) between \(F\)-coalgebras \(A=(A,\beta_A)\) and \(B=(B,\beta_B)\) is a homomorphism if \(\beta_B\circ \varphi = F(\varphi)\circ \beta_A\). Thus, \(F\)-coalgebras with their homomorphisms form a category. In this category the authors consider the notions and properties of subcoalgebras, congruences, colimits, terminal and cofree coalgebras. In particular it is proved that sub-coalgebras are always closed under finite intersections.











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