What are the functors I and F in the integer-real example?
Conditions
- Defined between the two order-categories and .
- is the inclusion functor .
- is the floor-function functor .
Reasoning, step by step
- Identify the two categories and .
- Define as the functor that includes integers into reals.
- Define as the functor that applies the floor function to reals, mapping them to integers.
- State the adjunction .
Example
The board draws and . The lecturer says, “We're going to have a functor call it I for inclusion. And in the opposite direction we're going to have a functor call it F for the floor function.”
Common misconceptions
- Confusing the direction of the functors.
- Assuming that the floor function is the left adjoint and inclusion is the right adjoint.
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