Topological and algebraic pullback functors

Authors Jack S. Calcut, John D. McCarthy, Jeremy J. Walthers

Publication date 14 May 2012

Frobenius induction, Burnside and representation rings (19A22) Group actions on combinatorial structures (05E18) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10) Special properties of functors (faithful, full, etc.) (18A22)

Abstract: We give algebraic equivalents for certain desirable properties of pullback functors on categories of coverings and group sets, namely nullity zero, essential injectivity, and essential surjectivity. Nullity zero turns out to be equivalent to the notion of a contranormal subgroup. We observe a Tannakian-like phenomenon with essential injectivity. Essential surjectivity is intimately related to Zappa-Sz{'e}p products. We include several examples, and some open questions.

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