Exact linear duality on modules over a field #
Over a field, algebraic linear duality sends a module V to
Vᵛ = Hom(V, k). The contravariant additive functor is defined in
CategoryTheory/ModuleCat/LinearDual.lean; this file proves that it is exact:
it takes short exact sequences to short exact sequences and preserves finite
limits and colimits. Its derived lift is
Algebra/Homology/DerivedCategory/LinearDual.lean.
theorem
ModuleCat.linearDualFunctor_map_shortExact
(k : Type u)
[Field k]
(S : CategoryTheory.ShortComplex (ModuleCat k)ᵒᵖ)
(hS : S.ShortExact)
:
(S.map (linearDualFunctor k)).ShortExact
Linear duality reverses a short exact sequence of vector spaces to a short exact sequence.
Exactness of algebraic linear duality, in the form Mathlib's derived-functor construction consumes.
Linear duality preserves finite limits, being exact.
Linear duality preserves finite colimits, being exact.