#15647: Make a proper distinction in the categories between dual and graded dual
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Reporter: darij | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.1
Component: categories | Resolution:
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Dependencies: #10963 | Stopgaps:
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Changes (by nthiery):
* type: task => defect
Old description:
> Tangent off the #10963 discussion...
>
> {{{
> + @cached_method
> + def DualObjects(self):
> + r"""
> + Return the category of duals of objects of ``self``.
> +
> + The dual of a vector space `V` is the space consisting of
> + all linear functionals on `V` (see :wikipedia:`Dual_space`).
> + Additional structure on `V` can endow its dual with
> + additional structure; e.g. if `V` is an algebra, then its
> + dual is a coalgebra.
> +
> + This returns the category of dual of spaces in ``self`` endowed
> + with the appropriate additional structure.
> +
> + .. SEEALSO::
> +
> + - :class:`.dual.DualObjectsCategory`
> + -
> :class:`~.covariant_functorial_construction.CovariantFunctorialConstruction`.
> +
> + .. TODO:: add support for graded duals.
> +
> + EXAMPLES::
> +
> + sage: VectorSpaces(QQ).DualObjects()
> + Category of duals of vector spaces over Rational Field
> +
> + The dual of a vector space is a vector space::
> +
> + sage: VectorSpaces(QQ).DualObjects().super_categories()
> + [Category of vector spaces over Rational Field]
> +
> + The dual of an algebra is a coalgebra::
> +
> + sage: sorted(Algebras(QQ).DualObjects().super_categories(), key=str)
> + [Category of coalgebras over Rational Field,
> + Category of duals of vector spaces over Rational Field]
> }}}
>
> I know this is not a big issue since the `dual()` of an algebra *is* a
> coalgebra in probably all cases in which `dual()` is implemented (not
> least because in the infinite-dimensional cases it usually means the
> graded dual). But at some point it probably *will* become an issue (maybe
> with the introduction of non-graded bases for graded algebras?), and I'm
> unhappy with the docstring lying in my face. And Nicolas suggests that
> "we need to clean up the distinction between dual and graded dual; this
> is not completely obvious to set the things up so that we can still share
> some code between the two".
New description:
Tangent off the #10963 discussion...
{{{
+ @cached_method
+ def DualObjects(self):
+ r"""
+ Return the category of duals of objects of ``self``.
+
+ The dual of a vector space `V` is the space consisting of
+ all linear functionals on `V` (see :wikipedia:`Dual_space`).
+ Additional structure on `V` can endow its dual with
+ additional structure; e.g. if `V` is an algebra, then its
+ dual is a coalgebra.
+
+ This returns the category of dual of spaces in ``self`` endowed
+ with the appropriate additional structure.
+
+ .. SEEALSO::
+
+ - :class:`.dual.DualObjectsCategory`
+ -
:class:`~.covariant_functorial_construction.CovariantFunctorialConstruction`.
+
+ .. TODO:: add support for graded duals.
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: VectorSpaces(QQ).DualObjects()
+ Category of duals of vector spaces over Rational Field
+
+ The dual of a vector space is a vector space::
+
+ sage: VectorSpaces(QQ).DualObjects().super_categories()
+ [Category of vector spaces over Rational Field]
+
+ The dual of an algebra is a coalgebra::
+
+ sage: sorted(Algebras(QQ).DualObjects().super_categories(), key=str)
+ [Category of coalgebras over Rational Field,
+ Category of duals of vector spaces over Rational Field]
}}}
I know this is not a big issue since the `dual()` of an algebra *is* a
coalgebra in probably all cases in which `dual()` is implemented (not
least because in the infinite-dimensional cases it usually means the
graded dual). But at some point it probably *will* become an issue (maybe
with the introduction of non-graded bases for graded algebras?), and I'm
unhappy with the docstring lying in my face. And Nicolas suggests that "we
need to clean up the distinction between dual and graded dual; this is not
completely obvious to set the things up so that we can still share some
code between the two".
At this occasion, DualObjectsCategory should be made into a category
over base ring, if not just to inherit from the an_instance method.
Compare:
{{{
sage: sage: ModulesWithBasis.Graded.an_instance()
Category of graded modules with basis over Rational Field
sage: ModulesWithBasis.DualObjects.an_instance()
Type error ...
}}}
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