Lax comma categories of ordered sets

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Abstract: Let mathsfOrd be the category of (pre)ordered sets. Unlike mathsfOrd/X, whose behaviour is well-known, not much can be found in the literature about the lax comma 2-category mathsfOrd//X. In this paper we show that the forgetful functor mathsfOrd//XomathsfOrd is topological if and only if X is complete. Moreover, under suitable hypothesis, mathsfOrd//X is complete and cartesian closed if and only if X is. We end by analysing descent in this category. Namely, when X is complete and cartesian closed, we show that, for a morphism in mathsfOrd//X, being pointwise effective for descent in mathsfOrd is sufficient, while being effective for descent in mathsfOrd is necessary, to be effective for descent in mathsfOrd//X.











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