Connected components of a category #
Defines a type connected_components J indexing the connected components of a category, and the
full subcategories giving each connected component: component j : Type u₁.
We show that each component j is in fact connected.
We show every category can be expressed as a disjoint union of its connected components, in
particular decomposed J is the category (definitionally) given by the sigma-type of the connected
components of J, and it is shown that this is equivalent to J.
This type indexes the connected components of the category J.
Equations
Given an index for a connected component, produce the actual component as a full subcategory.
Equations
- category_theory.component j = {k // quotient.mk' k = j}
The inclusion functor from a connected component to the whole category.
Equations
- category_theory.component.ι j = category_theory.full_subcategory_inclusion (λ (k : J), quotient.mk' k = j)
Each connected component of the category is nonempty.
Each connected component of the category is connected.
The disjoint union of Js connected components, written explicitly as a sigma-type with the
category structure.
This category is equivalent to J.
The inclusion of each component into the decomposed category. This is just sigma.incl but having
this abbreviation helps guide typeclass search to get the right category instance on decomposed J.
The forward direction of the equivalence between the decomposed category and the original.
Equations
- category_theory.decomposed_to.full = {preimage := λ (X Y : category_theory.decomposed J) (f : (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj X ⟶ (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj Y), sigma.cases_on X (λ (j' : category_theory.connected_components J) (X_snd : category_theory.component j') (f : (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj ⟨j', X_snd⟩ ⟶ (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj Y), subtype.cases_on X_snd (λ (X : J) (hX : quotient.mk' X = j') (f : (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj ⟨j', ⟨X, hX⟩⟩ ⟶ (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj Y), sigma.cases_on Y (λ (k' : category_theory.connected_components J) (Y_snd : category_theory.component k') (f : (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj ⟨j', ⟨X, hX⟩⟩ ⟶ (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj ⟨k', Y_snd⟩), subtype.cases_on Y_snd (λ (Y : J) (hY : quotient.mk' Y = k') (f : (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj ⟨j', ⟨X, hX⟩⟩ ⟶ (category_theory.decomposed_to J).obj ⟨k', ⟨Y, hY⟩⟩), id (λ (f : X ⟶ Y), eq.rec (λ (hY : quotient.mk' Y = j'), category_theory.sigma.sigma_hom.mk f) _ hY) f) f) f) f) f, witness' := _}
This gives that any category is equivalent to a disjoint union of connected categories.