Representations of Internal Categories
Kyushu J. Math. Vol . 62, 2008, pp. 139–169
REPRESENTATIONS OF INTERNAL CATEGORIES
Atsushi YAMAGUCHI (Received 28 December 2006)
Abstract. Adams gave the notion of a Hopf algebroid generalizing the notion of a Hopf algebra and showed that certain generalized homology theories take values in the category of comodules over the Hopf algebroid associated with each homology theory. A Hopf algebra represents an affine group scheme which is a group in the category of a scheme and the notion of comodules over a Hopf algebra is equivalent to the notion of representations of the affine group scheme represented by a Hopf algebra. On the other hand, a Hopf algebroid represents a groupoid in the category of schemes. Therefore, it is natural to consider the notion of comodules over a Hopf algebroid as representations of the groupoid represented by a Hopf algebroid. This motivates the study of representations of groupoids, and more generally categories, for topologists. The aim of this paper is to set a categorical foundation of representations of an internal category which is a category object in a given category, using the notion of a fibered category.
0. Introduction
In [1], Adams generalized the notion of Hopf algebras in the study of generalized homology theories satisfying certain conditions and showed that such a generalized homology theory, say E∗, takes values in the category of comodules over the ‘generalized Hopf algebra’ associated with E∗. The notion introduced by Adams is now called a Hopf algebroid which represents a functor taking values in the category of groupoids. Here ‘a groupoid’ means a special category whose morphisms are all isomorphisms. A comodule over a Hopf algebroid can be regarded as a representation of the groupoid represented by . The aim of this paper is to set a categorical foundation of representations of an internal category which is a category object in a given category. We begin by reviewing the notion of a fibered category following [7] and an internal category in Section 1, we give a detailed description on the relationship between the notions of a fibered category and a 2-category in Section 2, which is originally observed in [7, Section 8]. There, we show that the 2-category of a fibered category over a given category E is equivalent to the 2-category of ‘lax functors’ from the opposite category of E to the 2-category of categories. Our construction of fibered categories from lax functors allows us to give the notion of fibered categories represented by internal categories (Example 2.18) and a short definition (Example 2.19) of Grothendieck topoi over a simplicial object in the given site.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 18B40, 18D05, 18D30, 18D99, 55N20, 55U99. Keywords and Phrases: representation; groupoid; internal category; fibered category; generalized homology. 140 A. Yamaguchi
By making use of the notion of fibered category, we give a definition of the representations of internal categories in Section 3 which generalizes the definition given by Deligne in [3]. We give the definition of ‘trivial representation’ and several examples of representations and show that the category of representations of an internal category G on objects of a fibered category represented by an internal category C is isomorphic to the category of internal functors from G to C and internal natural transformations between them (Theorem 3.17). In Section 4, we reformulate the notion of descent theory [6] in terms of representations of special groupoids, namely equivalence relations. We end this note by giving the definition of regular representations and restrictions of representations.
1. Recollections
For a category C and objects X, Y of C, we denote by C(X, Y ) the set of all morphisms from X to Y in C. Let p : F → E be a functor. For an object X of E, we denote by FX the subcategory of F consisting of objects M of F satisfying p(M) = X and morphisms ϕ satisfying p(ϕ) = idX. For a morphism f : X → Y in E and M ∈ Ob FX, N ∈ Ob FY , we denote by Ff (M, N) the set of morphisms ϕ ∈ F(M, N) satisfying p(ϕ) = f . Definition 1.1. (Grothendieck [7,D´efinition 5.1, p. 161]) Let α : M → N be a morphism in F and set X = p(M), Y = p(N), f = p(α). We call α a Cartesian morphism if, for any M ∈ Ob FX,themapFX(M ,M)→ Ff (M ,N)defined by ϕ → αϕ is bijective. The following assertion is immediate from the definition.
PROPOSITION 1.2. Let αi : Mi → Ni (i = 1, 2) be morphisms in F such that p(M1) = p(M2), p(N1) = p(N2), p(α1) = p(α2) and λ : N1 → N2 a morphism in F such = : → that p(λ) idp(N1).Ifα2 is Cartesian, there is a unique morphism µ M1 M2 such that = = p(µ) idp(M1) and α2µ λα1.
COROLLARY 1.3. If αi : Mi → N(i= 1, 2) are Cartesian morphisms in F such that p(M1) = p(M2) and p(α1) = p(α2), there is a unique morphism µ : M1 → M2 such = = that α1 α2µ and p(µ) idp(M1). Moreover, µ is an isomorphism. Definition 1.4. (Grothendieck [7,D´efinition 5.1, p. 162]) Let f : X → Y be a morphism in E and N ∈ Ob FY . If there exists a Cartesian morphism α : M → N such that p(α) = f , M is ∗ ∗ called an inverse image of N by f . We denote M by f (N) and α by αf (N) : f (N) → N. By (1.3), f ∗(N) is unique up to isomorphism.
Remark 1.5. For an identity morphism idX of X ∈ Ob E and N ∈ Ob FX, the identity morphism idN of N is obviously Cartesian. Hence, the inverse image of N by the : ∗ → identity morphism of X always exists and αidX (N) idX(N) N can be chosen as ∗ : the identity morphism of N. By the uniqueness of idX(N) up to isomorphism, αidX (N) ∗ → ∗ idX(N) N is an isomorphism for any choice of idX(N). The following assertion is also immediate.
PROPOSITION 1.6. Let f : X → Y be a morphism in E. If, for any N ∈ Ob FY , there exists ∗ ∗ ∗ a Cartesian morphism αf (N) : f (N) → N, N → f (N) defines a functor f : FY → FX Representations of internal categories 141
such that, for any morphism ϕ : N → N in FY , the following square commutes:
α (N) ∗ f / f (N) N
f ∗(ϕ) ϕ
α (N ) ∗ f / f (N ) N
Definition 1.7. (Grothendieck [7,D´efinition 5.1, p. 162]) If the assumption of (1.6) is satisfied, we say that the functor of the inverse image by f exists.
Definition 1.8. (Grothendieck [7,D´efinition 6.1, p. 164]) If a functor p : F → E satisfies the following condition (i), p is called a prefibered category and if p satisfies both (i) and (ii), p is called a fibered category or p is fibrant. (i) For any morphism f in E, the functor of the inverse image by f exists. (ii) The composition of Cartesian morphisms is Cartesian.
: F → E Definition 1.9.(Grothedieck [7,D´efinition 7.1, p. 170]) Let p be a functor. A map : E → F F κ Mor X,Y ∈Ob E Funct( Y , X) is called a cleavage if κ(f) gives an inverse image ∗ functor f : FY → FX for (f : X → Y)∈ Mor E. A cleavage κ is said to be normalized if = ∈ E F E κ(idX) idFX for any X Ob . A category over is called a cloven prefibered category (respectively normalized cloven prefibered category) if a cleavage (respectively normalized cleavage) is given.
The functor p : F → E has a cleavage if and only if p is prefibered. If p is prefibered, p has a normalized cleavage by Remark 1.5.
Let f : X → Y , g : Z → X be morphisms in E and N an object of FY .Ifp : F → E is ∗ ∗ ∗ a prefibered category, there is a unique morphism cf,g(N) : g f (N) → (fg) (N) such that the following square commutes and p(cf,g(N)) = idZ:
∗ αg(f (N)) g∗f ∗(N) /f ∗(N)
cf,g(N) αf (N)
α (N) ∗ fg / (fg) (N) N
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PROPOSITION 1.10. For a morphism ϕ : M → N in FY , the following square commutes:
cf,g(M) g∗f ∗(M) /(fg)∗(M)
g∗f ∗(ϕ) (fg)∗(ϕ) cf,g(N) g∗f ∗(N) /(fg)∗(N)
∗ ∗ ∗ In other words, cf,g gives a natural transformation g f → (fg) of functors from FY to FZ.
PROPOSITION 1.11. (Grothendieck [7, Proposition 7.2, p. 172]) Let p : F → E be a cloven prefibered category. Then, p is a fibered category if and only if cf,g(N) is an isomorphism g f for any Z −→ X −→ Y and N ∈ Ob FX.
PROPOSITION 1.12. (Grothendieck [7, Proposition 7.4, p. 172]) Let p : F → E be a cloven f g h prefibered category. For a diagram X −→ Y −→ Z −→ W in E and an object M of FW ,we = ∗ ∗ = ∗ have ch,idZ (M) αidZ (idZh (M)), cidW ,h(M) h (αidW (M)) and the following diagram commutes:
∗ cg,f (h (M)) f ∗(g∗h∗)(M) (f ∗g∗)h∗(M) /(gf )∗h∗(M)
∗ f (ch,g(M)) ch,gf (M) chg,f (M) f ∗(hg)∗(M) /((hg)f )∗(M) (h(gf ))∗(M)
We give two examples below which are referred to in the later sections. Example 1.13. (Grothendieck [7, p. 182, a]) Let E be a category with pull-backs and 1 a 1 1 (2) 1 category such that Ob ={0, 1} and Mor ={id0, id1, 0 → 1}.SetE = Funct( , E) : E(2) → E ∈ E E(2) = E and let p be the evaluation functor at 1. Then, for X Ob , X /X and, for (f : X → Y)∈ Mor E, the pull-backs along f define the functor of the inverse image ∗ : E(2) → E(2) : → : → E : → f Y X . For morphisms f X Y , g Z X in and an object π E Y of (2) ∗ ∗ ∗ E , cf,g(π : E → Y): (fg) (π : E → Y)→ g f (π : E → Y)is the isomorphism induced × : × → × × : E(2) → E by (1 g, pr2) E Y Z (E Y X) X Z. Hence, p is a fibered category. Example 1.14. Let Sch be the category of schemes. We define a category Qmod as follows. Ob Qmod consists of pairs (X, M) of a scheme X and a quasi-coherent OX-module M. A morphism (X, M) → (Y, N ) in Qmod is a pair (f, ϕ) of morphisms f : X → Y in Sch and ϕ : N → f∗M in the category of OY -modules. The composition of morphisms (f, ϕ) : (X, M) → (Y, N ) and (g, ψ) : (Z, L) → (X, M) is defined to be (fg,f∗(ψ)ϕ) : (Z, L) → (Y, N ). Define a functor p : Qmod → Sch by p(X, M) = X and p(f, ϕ) = f . For a morphism f : X → Y of schemes and an OY -module N , we denote by ηf (N ) : N → ∗ ∗ ∗ f∗f N the unit of the adjunction of f and f∗. Then, (f, ηf (N )) : (X, f N ) → (Y, N ) a ∗ is a Cartesian morphism. In fact, for (f, ϕ) ∈ Qmodf ((X, M), (Y, N )), ϕ : f N → a ∗ M denotes the adjoint of ϕ : N → f∗M,then(idX,ϕ ) : (X, M) → (X, f N ) is the a unique morphism in QmodX such that (f, ϕ) = (f, ηf (N ))(idX,ϕ ). Thus, we define Representations of internal categories 143
∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ f : QmodY → QmodX by f (Y, N ) = (X, f N ) and f (idY ,ϕ)= (idX,f ϕ).More- ∗ over, αf (Y, N ) : f (Y, N ) → (Y, N ) is given by αf (Y, N ) = (f, ηf (N )). For morphisms ∗ f : X → Y , g : Z → X in Sch and an object (Y, N ) of Qmod,letc˜f,g(N ) : (fg) N → g∗f ∗N be the adjoint of composition
∗ ηf (N ) ∗ f∗(ηg(f N )) ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ N −−−−→ f∗f N −−−−−−−→ f∗g∗g f N = (fg)∗g f N .
Then, c˜f,g(N ) is an isomorphism of OZ-modules and ∗ ∗ ∗ cf,g(Y, N ) = (idZ, c˜f,g(N )) : (fg) (Y, N ) → g f (Y, N ) is an isomorphism in QmodZ. Hence, p : Qmod → Sch is a fibered category. Definition 1.15. (Grothendieck [7, p. 152]) Let p : F → E and F : D → E be functors. Define a subcategory D ×E F of D × F as follows. An object (X, M) of D × F belongs to D ×E F if and only if F(X)= p(M). A morphism (f, ϕ) : (X, M) → (Y, N) in D × F belongs to D ×E F if and only if F(f)= p(ϕ). Define functors pF : D ×E F → D and F : D ×E F → F by pF (X, M) = X, pF (f, ϕ) = f and F(X,M)= M, F(f,ϕ)= ϕ. We call pF : D ×E F → D the pull-back of p along F .
PROPOSITION 1.16. (Grothendieck [7, Proposition 6.6, p. 167]) A morphism (f, α):(X, M) → (Y, N) in D ×E F is Cartesian if and only if α : M → N is Cartesian.
PROPOSITION 1.17. (Grothendieck [7, Corollaire 6.9, p. 168]) If p : F → E is a prefibered (respectively fibered) category, so is the pull-back pF : D ×E F → D of p along F : D → E. Moreover, F : D ×E F → F maps Cartesian morphisms to Cartesian morphisms. We need to introduce the notion of a ‘Cartesian section’ in order to define the notion of trivial representation. Definition 1.18. (Grothendieck [7,D´efinition 5.5, p. 164]) Let p : F → E be a functor. We call a functor s : E → F a Cartesian section if ps = idE and s(f) is Cartesian for any f ∈ Mor E. The subcategory of Funct(E, F) consisting of Cartesian sections and morphisms ϕ : s → s satisfying p(ϕ ) = id for any X ∈ Ob E is denoted by Lim(F/E). X X ←−
PROPOSITION 1.19. (Giraud [5, Lemme 5.7]) If E has a terminal object 1, the functor e : Lim(F/E) → F given by e(s) = s(1) and e(ϕ) = ϕ is fully faithful. Moreover, if p : F → E ←− 1 1 is a fibered category, e is an equivalence of categories. Next, we briefly review the notion of a bifibered category following [7, Section 10]. Definition 1.20. Let p : F → E be a functor and α : M → N a morphism in F.SetX = p(M), Y = p(N), f = p(α). We call α a co-Cartesian morphism if, for any N ∈ Ob FY ,the map FX(N, N ) → Ff (M, N ) defined by ϕ → ϕα is bijective. The following assertion is the dual of Proposition 1.2.
PROPOSITION 1.21. If αi : M → Ni (i = 1, 2) are co-Cartesian morphisms in F such that p(N1) = p(N2) and p(α1) = p(α2), there is a unique morphism ψ : N1 → N2 such = = that α1 α2ψ and p(ψ) idp(N1). Moreover, ψ is an isomorphism. 144 A. Yamaguchi
Definition 1.22. Let f : X → Y be a morphism in E and M ∈ Ob FX. If there exists a Cartesian morphism α : M → N such that p(α) = f , N is called a direct image of M by f . We denote M by f∗(N) and α by αf (M) : M → f∗(M). By Proposition 1.21, f∗(N) is unique up to isomorphism. PROPOSITION 1.23. Let α : M → N, α : M → N be morphisms in F such that p(M) = p(M), p(N) = p(N), p(α) = p(α)(=f) and λ : M → M a morphism in F such that p(λ) = idp(M).Ifα is co-Cartesian, there is a unique morphism µ : N → N such that p(µ) = idp(N) and α µ = λα.
COROLLARY 1.24. Let f : X → Y be a morphism in E. If, for any M ∈ Ob FX, there exists f a co-Cartesian morphism α (M) : M → f∗(M), M → f∗(M) defines a functor f∗ : FX → FY . Definition 1.25. If the assumption of Corollary 1.24 is satisfied, we say that the functor of the direct image by f exists. Definition 1.26. If a functor p : F → E satisfies the following condition (i), p is called a precofibered category and if p satisfies both (i) and (ii), p is called a cofibered category or p is cofibrant. (i) For any morphism f in E, the functor of the direct image by f exists. (ii) The composition of co-Cartesian morphisms is co-Cartesian. In other words, p : F → E is a precofibered (respectively cofibered) category if and only : F op → Eop if p is a prefibered (respectively fibered) category. : F → E : E → F F Let p be a functor. A map κ Mor X,Y ∈Ob E Funct( X, Y ) is called acocleavageifκ(f) is a direct image functor f∗ : FX → FY for (f : X → Y)∈ Mor E. = ∈ E F Acocleavageκ is said to be normalized if κ(idX) idFX for any X Ob . A category over E is called a cloven precofibered category (respectively normalized cloven precofibered category) if a cocleavage (respectively normalized cocleavage) is given. The functor p : F → E has a cocleavage if and only if p is precofibered. If p is precofibered, p has a normalized cocleavage. Let f : X → Y , g : Z → X be morphisms in E and M an object of FZ.Ifp : F → E is a precofibered category, there is a unique morphism cf,g(M) : (fg)∗(M) → f∗g∗(M) such that the following square commutes and p(cf,g(M)) = idZ:
fg α (M) / M (fg)∗(M)
αg(M) cf,g(M)
f α (g∗(M))/ g∗(M) f∗g∗(M)
The following is the dual of Definition 1.9.
PROPOSITION 1.27. Let p : F → E be a cloven precofibered category. Then, p is a cofibered f,g g f category if and only if c (M) is an isomorphism for any Z → X → Y and M ∈ Ob FZ.
PROPOSITION 1.28. Let p : F → E be a functor and f : X → Y a morphism in E. Representations of internal categories 145
(1) Suppose that the functor of the inverse image by f exists. Then, the inverse image ∗ f : FY → FX by f has a left adjoint if and only if the functor of the direct image by f exists. (2) Suppose that the functor of the direct image by f exists. Then, the direct image f∗ : FX → FY by f has a right adjoint if and only if the functor of the inverse image by f exists. Proof. (1) Suppose that the functor of the inverse image by f exists and that it has a ∗ left adjoint f∗ : FX → FY .ForM ∈ Ob FX, we denote by ηM : M → f f∗(M) the unit of ∗ f the adjunction f∗ f .Setα (M) = αf (f∗(M))ηM : M → f∗(M). By the assumption, the following composition is bijective for any M ∈ Ob FX, N ∈ Ob FY :
∗ ∗ f ∗ ∗ ηM ∗ αf (N)∗ FY (f∗(M), N) −→ FX(f f∗(M), f (N)) −→ FX(M, f (N)) −−−−→ Ff (M, N). ∗ We note that, since αf (N)f (ϕ) = ϕαf (f∗(M)) for ϕ ∈ FY (f∗(M), N),theabove f ∗ composition coincides with the map α (M) : FY (f∗(M), N) → Ff (M, N) induced by αf (M). This shows that the functor of the direct image by f exists. Conversely, assume that the functor of the direct image by f exists. For M ∈ Ob FX, let us denote by αf (M) : M → f∗(M) the canonical co-Cartesian morphism. Then, we f ∗ ∗ have bijections α (M) : FY (f∗(M), N) → Ff (M, N) and αf (M)∗ : FX(M, f (N)) → f Ff (M, N) given by ψ → ψα (M) and ϕ → αf (M)ϕ, which are natural in M ∈ Ob FX ∗ and N ∈ Ob FY . Thus, we have a natural bijection FY (f∗(M), N) → FX(M, f (N)). Proof of (2) is the dual of the above. 2 We remark that, if p : E → F is a prefibered and precofibered category, the unit η : → ∗ ∗ idFX f f∗ of the adjunction f∗ f is the unique natural transformation satisfying = f ∈ F : ∗ → αf (f∗(M))ηM α (M) for any M Ob X. Dually, the counit ε f∗f idFY is the f ∗ unique natural transformation satisfying εN α (f (N)) = αf (N) for any N ∈ Ob FY .
PROPOSITION 1.29. (Grothendieck [7, Proposition 10.1, p. 182]) Let p : E → F be a pre- fibered and precofibered category. Then, it is a fibered category if and only if it is a cofibered category. Definition 1.30. We call a functor p : F → E a bifibered category if it is a fibered and cofibered category. Example 1.31. Let p : E(2) → E be the fibered category given in Example 1.13. For a : → E : E(2) → E(2) : → = morphism f X Y in , consider the functor f∗ X Y given by f∗(π E X) ∗ (f π : E → Y). It is easily seen that f∗ is a left adjoint of f . Example 1.32. Let p : Qmod → Sch be the fibered category given in Example 1.14. If f : X → Y is a quasi-separated and quasi-compact morphism, then for any object (X, M) of Qmod, the direct image f∗M of M by f is also quasi-coherent. Hence, the inverse image ∗ functor f : QmodY → QmodX has a left adjoint f∗ : QmodX → QmodY . We end this section by recalling the definition of internal category and related notions. Definition 1.33. (Johnstone [11]) Let E be a category with finite limits. An internal category C in E consists of the following objects and morphisms. 146 A. Yamaguchi
(1) A pair of objects C0 (the object-of-objects) and C1 (the object-of-morphisms). (2) Four morphisms σ : C1 → C0 (domain), τ : C1 → C0 (codomain), ε : C0 → C1 : × → ←pr−1 × −pr→2 (identity), µ C1 C0 C1 C1 (composition), where C1 C1 C0 C1 C1 is a −→τ ←−σ = = limit of diagram C1 C0 C1, such that σε τε idC0 and the following diagrams commute:
pr pr µ×idC o 1 × 2 / × × 1/ × C1 C1 C0 C1 C1 C1 C0 C1 C0 C1 C1 C0 C1
× σ µ τ idC1 µ µ µ o σ τ / × / C0 C1 C0 C1 C0 C1 C1
idC ×ε ε×idC × 1 / × o 1 × C1 C0 C0 C1 C0 C1 C0 C0 C1
pr1 µ pr2 C1 C1 C1
We denote by (C0,C1; σ, τ, ε, µ) an internal category C whose object-of-objects and object- of-morphisms are C0 and C1, respectively, with structure maps σ, τ, ε, µ. An internal functor f : C → D of internal categories consists of two morphisms f0 : C0 → D0 and f1 : C1 → D1 in E such that the following diagrams commute:
µ o σ τ / × / o ε C0 C1 C0 C1 C0 C1 C1 C0
f0 f1 f0 f1×f1 f1 f0 σ τ µ o / × / o ε D0 D1 D0 D1 D0 D1 D1 D0
The above internal functor f is denoted by (f0,f1). If both f0 and f1 are monomorphisms, D is regarded as an internal subcategory of C. An internal natural transformation ϕ : f → g of internal functors f, g : C → D is a morphism ϕ : C0 → D1 in E making the following diagrams commute:
f g (f ,ϕτ) o 0 0 / 1 / × D0 C0 D0 C1 D1 D0 D1
ϕ (ϕσ,g1) µ σ τ µ o / × / D0 D1 D0 D1 D0 D1 D1
We denote by cat(E) the category of internal categories in E.
If f = (f0,f1) : C → D and g = (g0,g1) : D → E are internal functors, the composi- tionisdefinedtobegf = (g0f0,g1f1) : C → E. Thus, we have the category cat(E) of internal categories and internal functors in E. Remark 1.34. (1) Let f, g, h : C → D be internal functors and ϕ : f → g, ψ : g → h internal natural transformations. The composition ψ·ϕ : f → h is the morphism C0 → D1 Representations of internal categories 147
E = = : → × in given as follows. Since τϕ g0 σψ, there is a morphism (ϕ, ψ) C0 D1 D0 D1 = = · = : → satisfying pr1(ϕ, ψ) ϕ and pr2(ϕ, ψ) ψ.Wesetψ ϕ µ(ϕ, ψ) C0 D1. Then, it is easy to verify that ψ·ϕ is an internal natural transformation from f to h. (2) For an internal functor f : C → D,wesetidf = εf0 : C0 → D1. Then, idf is an internal natural transformation from f to f and it can be verified that, for internal natural transformations ϕ : f → g and ψ : g → f ,idf ·ψ = ψ and ϕ·idf = ϕ hold. (3) Let f, f : C → D, g, g : D → E be internal functors and ϕ : f → f , ψ : g → = g internal natural transformations. Then, τg1ϕ σψf0 and there exists a morphism : → × = = (g1ϕ, ψf0) C0 E1 E0 E1 satisfying pr1(g1ϕ, ψf0) g1ϕ and pr2(g1ϕ, ψf0) ψf0. ∗ = ∗ We put ϕ ψ µ(g1ϕ, ψf0). It is routine to check that ϕ ψ is an internal natural transformation from gf to gf .
Definition 1.35. Let C = (C0,C1; σ, τ, ε, µ) be an internal category in E. We call a pair of : → : × → E C morphisms (π X C0,α X C0 C1 X) of an internal diagram on if it makes the × : → following diagrams commute, where X C0 C1 is the fibered product of π X C0 and σ : C1 → C0: × α α idC1 α X × C / X × C × C /X × C X × C / C0 1 X C0 1 C0 1 C0 1 CO0 1 X
pr2 π idX×µ α idX×ε pr τ / × α / × 1 / C1 C0 X C0 C1 X X C0 C0 X
Let (π : X → C0,α)and (ρ : Y → C0,β)be internal diagrams on C. A morphism f : X → E = × = Y in is called a morphism of internal diagrams if it satisfies ρf π and β(f idC0 ) fα. We denote by EC the category of internal diagrams on C.
2. 2-categories and lax functors
First we give the definitions of a 2-category and a lax functor (see [2, 12, 13]). Definition 2.1. A 2-category C is determined by the following data. (1) A set Ob C called a set of objects. (2) For each pair of objects (X, Y ), a category C(X, Y ). An object of C(X, Y ) is called a 1-arrow and a morphism of C(X, Y ) is called a 2-arrow. The composition of 2-arrows f g S → T , T → U in C(X, Y ) is denoted by gf . (3) For each triple (X, Y, Z) of objects of C, a functor µX,Y,Z : C(X, Y ) × C(Y, Z) → C(X, Z) called a composition functor (here C(X, Y ) × C(Y, Z) is the product category of C(X, Y ) and C(Y, Z)) such that the following diagram commutes:
µX,Y,Z ×1 C(X, Y ) × C(Y, Z) × C(Z, W) /C(X, Z) × C(Z, W)
1×µY,Z,W µX,Z,W µX,Y,W C(X, Y ) × C(Y, W) /C(X, W)
We usually denote µX,Y,Z(S, T ) by T ◦S if (S, T ) ∈ Ob C(X, Y ) × C(Y, Z) and denote µX,Y,Z(f, g) by g∗f if (f, g) ∈ Mor C(X, Y ) × C(Y, Z). 148 A. Yamaguchi
(4) For each object X of C, a 1-arrow 1X in C(X, X) called an identity 1-arrow of X satisfying S◦1X = S and 1X◦T = T for any S ∈ Ob C(X, Y ) and T ∈ Ob C(Y, X). Example 2.2. (1) Let C be a category. For any pair of objects (X, Y ) of C,weregardthe set C(X, Y ) of morphisms from X to Y as a discrete category, that is, C(X, Y ) is a category whose set of morphisms consists of only identity morphisms. The composition of morphisms µX,Y,Z : C(X, Y ) × C(Y, Z) → C(X, Z) gives a composition functor; that is, idf ∗idg = idgf . Hence, C can be regarded as a 2-category. (2) Let us denote by cat the category of categories. For a pair (C, D) of categories, cat(C, D) is the functor category Funct(C, D). Define the composition functor µC,D,E : cat(C, D) × cat(D, E) → cat(C, E) by µC,D,E (F, G) = G◦F (the composition of functors), µC,D,E (f, g)X = gF (X)G(fX) = G (fX)gF(X) for an object X ∈ Ob C and natural transformations f : F → F , g : G → G. For a category C, the identity functor of C is the identity 1-arrow of C. Hence, cat has a structure of a 2-category. (3) Let us denote by pf i b (E) the 2-category of cloven prefibered category over a category E defined as follows. Objects of pf i b (E) are cloven prefibered categories over E. For cloven prefibered categories p : F → E and q : D → E, a 1-arrow of pf i b (E)(p, q) is a functor F : F → D satisfying qF = p. A 2-arrow ϕ : F → G in pf i b (E)(p, q) is a natural transformation of functors such that, for each M ∈ Ob F, q(ϕM) = idp(M). Let r : C → E be another cloven prefibered category. The composition functor µp,q,r : pf i b (E)(p, q) × pf i b (E)(q, r) → pf i b (E)(p, r) is defined in similar way as (2) above. That is, the composition of 1-arrows is just the composition of functors and composition of 2- arrows is given by µp,q,r(f, g)M = gF (M)G(fM ) = G (fM )gF(M) for an object M ∈ Ob F and natural transformations f : F → F , g : G → G of functors F, F : F → D, G, G : D → C. (4) We define 2-categories fib(E), pf i b c(E), fibc(E) as follows. Here fib(E) is a full subcategory of pf i b (E) consisting of fibered categories, pf i b c(E) is a subcategory of pf i b (E) having the same objects as those of pf i b (E) and morphisms which map Cartesian morphisms to Cartesian morphisms and fibc(E) is a full subcategory of pf i b c(E) consisting of fibered categories. (5) Let E be a category with finite limits. Using the compositions of internal natural transformations given in Remark 1.34, the category of internal category cat(E) has a structure of 2-category whose 2-arrows are internal natural transformations. Definition 2.3. Let D and C be 2-categories. A lax functor ( , γ ) : C → D consists of the following data. (1) A map : Ob C → Ob D. (2) For each pair (X, Y ) of objects of C, a functor X,Y : C(X, Y ) → D( (X), (Y )). (3) For each object X of C, a 2-arrow γX : 1 (X) → X,X(1X). (4) For each triple (X, Y, Z) of objects of C, there is a natural transformation
γX,Y,Z : µ (X), (Y ), (Z)( X,Y × Y,Z) → X,ZµX,Y,Z
(namely, there is a 2-arrow (γX,Y,Z)(S,T ) : Y,Z(T )◦ X,Y (S) → X,Z(T ◦S) in D for composable 1-arrows S : X → Y , T : Y → Z) making the following diagrams in the categories D( (X), (Y )) and D( (X), (W)), respectively, commute for 1-arrows Representations of internal categories 149
S : X → Y , T : Y → Z and U : Z → W in C: