How is the category of real numbers defined using the order relation ?
Conditions
- Objects are real numbers.
- A morphism exists precisely when .
Reasoning, step by step
- Define the objects of the category as the set of real numbers.
- Define the morphisms using the order relation: a morphism from to exists if and only if .
- Note that this makes the category asymmetric; for example, there is a morphism from 3 to 4, but not from 4 to 3.
Example
The board defines with objects the reals and morphisms when . The lecturer says, “there's a morphism from 3 to 4 because 3 is less than or equal to 4, but there's no morphism from 4 to 3.”
Common misconceptions
- Thinking that morphisms should exist in both directions for comparable numbers.
- Assuming that the category of real numbers has standard algebraic operations as morphisms.
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