Differential algebras in codifferential categories

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Abstract: Differential categories were introduced by Blute, Cockett, and Seely as categorical models of differential linear logic and have since lead to abstract formulations of many notions involving differentiation such as the directional derivative, differential forms, smooth manifolds, De Rham cohomology, etc. In this paper we study the generalization of differential algebras to the context of differential categories by introducing mathsfT-differential algebras, which can be seen as special cases of Blute, Lucyshyn-Wright, and O'Neill's notion of mathsfT-derivations. As such, mathsfT-differential algebras are axiomatized by the chain rule and as a consequence we obtain both the higher-order Leibniz rule and the Fa`a di Bruno formula for the higher-order chain rule. We also construct both free and cofree mathsfT-differential algebras for suitable codifferential categories and discuss power series of mathsfT-algebras.


Derivations valued in modules over a commutative algebra are generalized to the context of a codifferential category in [\textit{R. Blute} et al., Cah. Topol. Géom. Différ. Catég. 57, No. 4, 243--279 (2016; Zbl 1364.13026)] with the notion of \(\top\)-algebra. A \(\top\)-differential algebra in a codifferential category is a \(\top\)-algebra endowed with a \(\top\)-derivation of type \(D:A\rightarrow A\). \(\top\)-differential algebras, which are the main concept of study in this paper, are the~appropriate generalization of differential algebras in codifferential categories. The paper consists of 8 sections. It is shown in \S 5 that every \(\top\)-differential algebra is a differential algebra in the classical sense, satisfying not only the higher-order Leibniz rule but also the Faà di Bruno formula for a higher-order chain rule. \S 6 is devoted to three basic examples of codifferential categories and their \(\top \)-differential algebras. \S 7 demonstrates that, given a codifferential category with countable coproducts, its category of \(\top\)-differential algebras is monadic over the codifferential category, while \S 8 shows that, given a codifferential category with countable coproducts, the category of \(\top\)-differential algebras is comonadic over the category of \(\top\)-algebras.



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