Opposites #
In this file we define a type synonym opposite α := α, denoted by αᵒᵖ and two synonyms for the
identity map, op : α → αᵒᵖ and unop : αᵒᵖ → α. If α is a category, then αᵒᵖ is the opposite
category, with all arrows reversed.
The type of objects of the opposite of α; used to define the opposite category.
In order to avoid confusion between α and its opposite type, we
set up the type of objects opposite α using the following pattern,
which will be repeated later for the morphisms.
- Define
opposite α := α. - Define the isomorphisms
op : α → opposite α,unop : opposite α → α. - Make the definition
oppositeirreducible.
This has the following consequences.
opposite αandαare distinct types in the elaborator, so you must useopandunopexplicitly to convert between them.- Both
unop (op X) = Xandop (unop X) = Xare definitional equalities. Notably, every object of the opposite category is definitionally of the formop X, which greatly simplifies the definition of the structure of the opposite category, for example.
(If Lean supported definitional eta equality for records, we could achieve the same goals using a structure with one field.)
The canonical map αᵒᵖ → α.
Equations
The type-level equivalence between a type and its opposite.
Equations
- opposite.equiv_to_opposite = {to_fun := opposite.op α, inv_fun := opposite.unop α, left_inv := _, right_inv := _}
Equations
A recursor for opposite. Use as induction x using opposite.rec.
Equations
- opposite.rec h = λ (X : αᵒᵖ), h (opposite.unop X)