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2 - Algebras and Coalgebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2025

Jiří Adámek
Affiliation:
Czech Technical University in Prague
Stefan Milius
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Lawrence S. Moss
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
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This chapter provides examples of the central concepts of the book: initial algebras and terminal coalgebras. These are mainly for polynomial endofunctors on the category of sets, but also for such functors on sorted sets, nominal sets, and presheaves. We discuss connections to induction and recursion and to their duals, coinduction and corecursion, and also to bisimulation. We present Lambek’s Lemma, a result used throughout the book.

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Initial Algebras and Terminal Coalgebras
The Theory of Fixed Points of Functors
, pp. 12 - 64
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Algebras and Coalgebras
  • Jiří Adámek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Stefan Milius, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Lawrence S. Moss, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Initial Algebras and Terminal Coalgebras
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884112.003
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  • Algebras and Coalgebras
  • Jiří Adámek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Stefan Milius, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Lawrence S. Moss, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Initial Algebras and Terminal Coalgebras
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
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  • Algebras and Coalgebras
  • Jiří Adámek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Stefan Milius, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Lawrence S. Moss, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Initial Algebras and Terminal Coalgebras
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884112.003
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