Abstract
Stone duality generalizes to an equivalence between the categories StoneR of Stone spaces and closed relations and BAS of boolean algebras and subordination relations. Splitting equivalences in StoneR yields a category that is equivalent to the category KHausR of compact Hausdorff spaces and closed relations. Similarly, splitting equivalences in BAS yields a category that is equivalent to the category De VS of de Vries algebras and compatible subordination relations. Applying the machinery of allegories then yields that KHausR is equivalent to De VS, thus resolving a problem recently raised in the literature.
The equivalence between KHausR and De VS further restricts to an equivalence between the category KHausR of compact Hausdorff spaces and continuous functions and the wide subcategory De VF of De VS whose morphisms satisfy additional conditions. This yields an alternative to de Vries duality. One advantage of this approach is that composition of morphisms is usual relation composition.
The equivalence between KHausR and De VS further restricts to an equivalence between the category KHausR of compact Hausdorff spaces and continuous functions and the wide subcategory De VF of De VS whose morphisms satisfy additional conditions. This yields an alternative to de Vries duality. One advantage of this approach is that composition of morphisms is usual relation composition.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 108641 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Topology and its Applications |
Volume | 337 |
Early online date | 13 Jul 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgments:Marco Abbadini and Luca Carai were supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research through the PRIN project n. 20173WKCM5 Theory and applications of resource sensitive logics. Luca Carai acknowledges partial support from the Juan de la Cierva-Formación 2021 programme (FJC2021-046977-I) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR.