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A remark on fixed points of functors in topological categories. (English) Zbl 0879.18003

Let \(F\) be an endofunctor of a concrete category \(\mathcal K\). A cardinal \(\alpha\) is a fixed cardinal of \(F\) if for every \(\mathcal K\)-object \(U\) with an underlying set of cardinality \(\alpha\) the cardinality of the underlying set of \(FU\) is at most \(\alpha\). We say that a \(\mathcal K\)-object \(U\) is a fixed point of \(F\) if there exists an isomorphism \(f:FU@>>> U\). A fixed point \(U\) of \(F\) with an isomorphism \(f:FU@>>>U \) is the least (greatest) fixed point of \(F\) if for every fixed point \(V\) of \(F\) with an isomorphism \(g:FV@>>> V\) there exists exactly one \(\mathcal K\)-morphism \(h:U@>>> V\) (or \(h:V@>>> U\)) with \(g\circ Fh=h\circ f\) (or \(f^{-1}\circ h=Fh\circ g^{-1}\), respectively). If \(\mathcal K\) is a fibre-small monotopological category and if \(F\) preserves bimorphisms then \(F\) has the least fixed point whenever there exists a fixed cardinal of \(F\). If \(\mathcal K\) is a fibre-small topological category and if \(F\) preserves monomorphisms then \(F\) has the greatest fixed point whenever there exists a cardinal \(\alpha\) such that every cardinal \(\beta\) with \(\alpha\leq\beta\leq 2^{\alpha}\) is a fixed cardinal of \(F\).
Reviewer: V.Koubek (Praha)

MSC:

18A22 Special properties of functors (faithful, full, etc.)
68Q65 Abstract data types; algebraic specification
18A30 Limits and colimits (products, sums, directed limits, pushouts, fiber products, equalizers, kernels, ends and coends, etc.)
18B30 Categories of topological spaces and continuous mappings (MSC2010)
18C10 Theories (e.g., algebraic theories), structure, and semantics
68Q55 Semantics in the theory of computing

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Zbl 0879.18004
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