Categories which are varieties of classical or ordered algebras
Theory and applications of categories, Lawvere Festschrift, Tome 43 (2025), pp. 39-67
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Following ideas of Lawvere and Linton we prove that classical varieties are precisely the exact categories with a varietal generator. This means a strong generator which is abstractly finite and regularly projective.
An analogous characterization of varieties of ordered algebras is also presented. We work with order-enriched categories, and introduce the concept of subcongruence (corresponding to congruence in ordinary categories):
it is a relation which is order-reflexive and transitive.
Varieties of ordered algebras are precisely the categories with effective subcongruences and a subvarietal generator. This means a strong generator which is abstractly finite and subregularly projective.
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18C05, 08C05
Keywords: variety, ordered algebras, effective congruences, subcongruence, varietal generator
Keywords: variety, ordered algebras, effective congruences, subcongruence, varietal generator
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Jiří Adámek. Categories which are varieties of classical or ordered algebras. Theory and applications of categories, Lawvere Festschrift, Tome 43 (2025), pp. 39-67. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TAC_2025_43_a2/