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TOPOLOGIE ET GÉOMÉTRIE DIFFÉRENTIELLE CATÉGORIQUES
M ARTA B UNGE
Models of differential algebra in the context of synthetic differential geometry
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MODELS OF DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRA IN THE CONTEXT OF SYNTHETIC DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
by Marta BUNGE *
CAHIERS DE TOPOLOGIE ET GEOMETRIE DIFFERENTIELLE
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SUR LES CATEGORIESDEDIE A CHARL ES EHRESMANN Vol. XXII-1 (1981)
Differential
Algebra ( cf. [13, 10] )
has as its maingoal
the deve-lopment
of atheory
of differentialequations
from analgebraic point
ofview.
Thus,
a differential(ordinary,
in one variabley ) equation
is apol- ynomial equation ( in
the variables y,dy, d2
y, ... ,etc. )
over some dif-ferential
ring.
In order to
develop
this sort of DA(short,
from now on, for « Dif- ferentialAlgebra» )
in a topos, all one needs is to begiven
a differen-tial
ring object
in the topos. Yet aninteresting
kind of DA existsalready
within the context of
Synthetic
DifferentialGeometry ( cf. [11, 6J)
in whichthe derivation process is not an added structure, but is intrinsic and arises from the
«line-type»
property of thering object
considered.It is my aim in this paper to conciliate these two
points
of view.The
key
is theinterplay,
firstpointed
outby
F. W. Lawvere in[11],
bet-ween derivations on an
algebra
and vector fields on theSpec
of the al-gebra.
I wish to thank F. W. Lawvere for severalgood suggestions
concern-ing
the work contained here. Useful conversations with R.Diaconescu,
D.
Dubrovsky,
E.Dubuc,
G.Reyes,
and R.Rosebrugh,
are alsogratefully acknowledged.
If 6
is a topos(with
natural numbersobject, N ),
a differentialring S in Fg
is aring object
in’& (commutative,
with1 ) equipped
with*)
Researchpartially supported by
grants from the Natural Sciences &Engineering
Research Council of Canada, the Ministry of Education of
Quebec,
and by a LeaveFellowship
of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.This research was carried out at the Centre de recherche de
Mathematiques appl.
Univ. de
Montr6al, during
1979-80, on sabbatical leave from McGillUniversity.
a
derivations, i. e.,
amorphism d: S -> S
for which the statementsand
hold for
S in &.
Denoteby dn the nth
iterateof d ;
i. e.,For each
r, m > 0,
letErm
be thesubobject
ofS
definedby
theformula :
DE FINITION. A differential
ring S in 6
is said to beo f differential line
type o f order r (r > 0 ) if,
forany m > 0 ,
the canonicalmorphism
given by
the rule(which
also makesexplicit
thecardinality
is an
isomorphism.
E
Whenever this property holds for
S ,
theexponential S rm
maybe
thought
of as «theobject
of differentialequations
overS
oforder ’
rand
degree
m ». It may also beregarded
as anobject
of « differentialjets»
of
order
r anddegree m (cf. [9 );
this is correct in some models tobe considered below.
DEFINITION.
By
amodel of Differential Algebra (in the
contextof Syn-
thetic Differential Geometry)
we mean a differentialringed
topos(E, S),
where
S
is of differential line type of order r , for any r >0,
and for any Er, m > 0 Erm
is an atom(i.e., (-)rm has a coad’oint .
THEOREM.
Let k
be a commutativering
with1, and let
T bethe theory o f di f ferential k-algebras. Then, the classifying topos (E[ T], G[T] )
isa
model o f DA.
PROOF. E[T]
=SC,
where C is the category offinitely presented
dif-ferential
k-algebras,
andG[T] = S ,
theunderlying
set functor. S is re-presented by k {y},
thek-algebra
of differentialpolynomials
in one dif-ferential variable over
k .
Denoteby krm E }
thek-algebra
of differentialpolynomials
in a newelement c ,
withk-algebra operations
and derivationdetermined
by
the conditions :dr+l,c =
0 and anyproduct
of m+1 or more of thediE, i > 0,
is zero.(It
mayalternatively
begiven
as thequotient
of ky I by
a suitable dif- ferentialideal. ) Similarly,
one definesCrm {E}, given
anyobject C
ofC . It is the case that
Crm {E} = C O k krm {E}
and one has the canonicalbijections :
where is the Yoneda
embedding. Therefore,
for anywhich says that S is of differential line type of any order. In
S L,
the ob-jects B
are atoms becausethey
arerepresentable.
0REMARK. In
fact,
eachkrm {E}
isexponentiable
inCop
and the exponen- tials of the formCkrm {E}
arejet
bundles(cf. [5] ).
A s anexample,
letC = k{y} mod f{y},
wheref tyl
is a differentialpolynomial
ofdegree
s > 0 . For r =
1, rra
=2 , calculating
theexponential gives
aquotient
ofk
{x0,
xl ,X2 } by
the differential idealgenerated by
the differentialpol-
ynomials
Also,
the fullsubcategory
of Cconsisting
of thekrm {E} weakly
generates(cf. [11]);
such is the content of the differentialalgebraic
version of Hil-bert’s Nullstellensatz
(cf. [14] ).
REMARK. A model of DA need not become a model of SDG
(meaning «Syn-
thetic Differential
Geometry»
in the restricted sense ofhaving
aring
ob-ject R satisfying
the Kock-Lawvereaxiom,
or«line-type» axiom,
andsuch that the
are
atoms) by simply forgetting
the derivation. Forexample,
forS
inSC,
the
exponential S D ,
with D thesubobject
of S definedby
the formula« y2
=0 »
isisomorphic
to the cartesianproduct
of a countable number ofcopies
ofS.
We need several notions from SDG in order to state the next result.
By «ring object R of line type»
and«Euclidean R-module S
», we meanalways
«inthe extended
sense »( cf. [6]). Also, letting Doo
C R be thecolimit of
D,
CD2
C .... , whereR
is aring object
of line typein F, ,
by
vectorfield
we shall understand apair X, ç>
where X is anobject of 6 and f: X -+ X Doo
is such that6: X X Doo -+ X
is an action of the additive monoidDoo
onX .
In this context we can define the intrinsicnth derivative of
amorphism
g :X ,
Y(where
X is a vector field with,
andY
is a EuclideanR-module)
to ben! dnf(g),
wherednf(g)
isthe
composite
_PROPOSITION.
Let E be
atopos, and S
aRitt algebra in E (i.
e., adif- ferential ring which
isalso
analgebra
overthe rationals), such that S
isof differential line type of
order 0.Then, there
exists aring object R
in
E, which
isof line type, and relative
towhich S
is aEuclidean R-
module and
a vectorfield with ç, and such that, if
d isthe internal der-.
ivation
of S, dn
is alsothe
intrinsicnth derivative of the identity
onS
in
the direction of ç.
P ROO F. Define
Then,
assubobjects
ofR, E0m = Dm,
from which it followsreadily
thatR
is of line type andS
Euclidean. Definef: S - SDoo
so that(hence,
bnilpotent).
The firstequation ç( a, 0 ) =
a isclear,
and thesecond,
which says thatfollows from Leibniz rule for
higher
derivatives(using
that every b cDoo
is a
constant )
and the binomial theorem. 0REMARK. The above process for
deriving
a model of SDGgiven
one ofDA can be reversed under certain conditions. The
object RR
has a can-onical vector field induced
by
the sum +:R X Doo -+ R ,
hence there is anintrinsic derivation
’: RR - RR
whichis,
infact, internal,
as one has theequations (-cf. [6]):
valid for
RR in 6 , Suppose
thatR
is recoverable asThen, R R
is at least of differential line type of order 0 .In connection with
this,
wepoint
outthat, although
the sum -t- :R X Doo -+ R
also induces a vector field+ : R -+ R D.
hence an intrinsicderivative ’: R -+ R ,
the latter is not, ingeneral,
an internal derivation.For
example,
letR
be thegeneric k-algebra, represented by
thek-algebra k[x]
ofordinary polynomials
overk ,
in one variable. The intrinsic der-ivative on
R
is inducedby ordinary
derivative ofpolynomials,
but a sim-ple
calculation shows thatalready
theequation (a + b )’ = a’ + b’
failsfor
R in SA,
thek-algebra classifier,
i. e., with A the category of finite-ly presented k-algebras.
There is also a trivial way of
regarding
any model(6, R)
of SDGas a model of
DA, namely, by letting R
be a differentialring
with trivialderivation, i. e.,
withd = 0 .
This reflects theidea,
current inDA (cf.
[ 10])
that DA should containordinary algebra
asbeing trivially
diffe-rential.
Other models of DA will be derived as suitable
subtoposes
of thedifferential
k-algebra classifier,
afterstating
the differentialanalogue
of atheorem of M.-F.
Coste,
M. Coste and A. Kock(cf. [31,
also[4] ).
DE FINITION. Let
T*
be ageometric quotient
of thetheory
T of differen- tialk-algebras. Say
thatT*
isdifferentially c-stable if,
for each r, m >0, if A
is a model ofT*,
so isArm {E}.
PROPOSITION.
I f T* is
adifferentially c-stable geometric quotient of
T, then the classifying topos (E[T*], G[T*])
is amodel o f DA. ,
P ROO F.
Alon g
the lines of[4], using
that thekrm{E}
are of finite(lin- ear)
dimensiona (r, m )
overk
and their duals areexponentiable
inCop,
and also that
Arm {E} =
AO k krm {E}.
But it can also be deriveddirectly
from a
general
result provenin [3].
0Consider the
theory Tdj
ofdifferential local k-algebras,
a geom-etric
quotient
of T with the sequentswhere
U
means «units». The differential Zariskitopology (described
in[2]
in order to define the differential local spectrum of a differentialring)
makes
C°p
into asite,
where acocovering
ofC
is afamily
of localiza-tions
provided, given
any differentialprime
idealP
ofC ,
there exists L 0 E Ifor
which a..P .
Let us call the toposCopdZ ar
of sheaves for the diffe- rential Zariskitopology
onCoP,
thedifferential Zariska topos.
LetSdZ ar
be the associated sheaf of
S
fSC.
PROPOSITION.
The differential Zariski topos, together with SdZ ar’ class-
ifies models of Tdl
inS-based toposes.
PROOF. A
simple
argument showsthat,
ifC E |C|
is a differential localring,
then[-, C]: Cop -+ 8
is continuous for the differential Zariski topo-logy,
since the inverseimage
of a differentialprime
ideal under a differen- tialhomomorphism
is a differentialprime
ideal.Conversely,
assume that[-, C] : Cop -+ 8
is continuous. Thefamily
is a
cocovering
ofk{y} ;
this shows thatC (assumed
to bedifferential,
and proven local in the usual
way)
is differential local. D COROLLARY.The pair (CopdZ ar, SdZ ar) is a model of DA.
PROOF. Let
A
be a differentiallocal k-algebra,
and let r,m > 0. Then,
Arm {E I
is also differential local because an element of the formis a unit if and
only
if a is a unit. 0Consider next the
geometric quotient
of Tgiven by
thetheory T¡in
of
finitary differential k-algebras.
We define this notionby adding
the( in- finitary) geometric
sequent :to T.
By
means ofgeneral
results onclassifying
toposes(cf. [12])
theclassifying
topos forT/in-models
in8-based
toposes iseasily
described.Make
C°p
into a site where thetopology
isgenerated by
thecocovering
of
k {y} given by
thefamily
wh,ere B is the category of
finitely presented finitary
differentialk-alge-
bras. Denote
by Sfin
the associated sheaf ofS
in thistopology.
~op
COROLLARY.
The pair (C fin, s fin ) is
amodel of DA. -
P ROOF.
If A
is afinitary
differentialk-algebra,
so isArm {E }
for any r,m ? 0.
DWe have introduced the small category B
above,
in order to des- cribe thefinitary topology
onCoP.
We now have :THEO REM.
L et S E |SB| be the underlying
setfunctor. Then, there
existsan
equivalence SB = 8ft: of S-based toposes, under which S is mapped
onto
Sfin.
P ROO F. Let
: SB -+ Cffn
be thegeometric morphism
for whicho03BC Sfin = S,
which exists since
S
is a model ofTfin
inSB.
The left exact functor(where
i is theinclusion, and c
is thecomposite
of Yoneda and the asso-ciated sheaf
functor)
induces(by letting y*
be the Kan extension of the abovealong Yoneda)
ageometric morphism ifI: 2;r! -+ 8 B .
We now provethat
y*S
--zSfin. Indeed,
compare the colimitdiagram
which is the
image,
under0/*,
of the canonical colimitending
inS,
withwhich is obtained
by
thecontinuity
of r i .By definition, y*h = E i ;
henceThe two
geometric morphisms
areeasily
shown to be inverse to each o- th er. 0We shall now
strengthen
an observation of Lawvere( cf. [all] )
con-cerning
arelationship
which exists between derivations and vector fields.We shall make the
assumption
thatk is
afield of characteristic
0.PROPOSITION.
Let
Abe the category of finitely presented k-algebras.
For
A E |A|
,the following
structures are inbijective correspondence : ( i )
aderivation
d onA ;
(ii)
a vectorfield 6
onX
=h
AA
P ROOF. The
bijection
isgiven by
the canonicalcorrespondences:
where the
correspondence
between{am} and d
is :given d (hence
allhigher
order derivationsd"2
aswell)
defineconversely, given I a,, I ,
letd(a)
be the secondprojection
of the element of A x Acorresponding
toa1 (a) E A[E]
under the canonicalisomorphism A[E] = A x A.
0This leads us to a
deeper
connection between vector fields andderivations,
below. But note first that the vector fieldsarising
from Rittalgebras
arealways
vector fields in the «strong» sense, i. e.,Doo-«sets».
A weaker notion
(cf. [ll, 6] )
isusually
considered. Also notethat,
inthe strong version of vector field we use
here,
a certain«integrability
con-ditions
(involving infinitesimals )
is added to the usual notion of vectorfield ;
a condition satisfiedby
allintegrable
vectorfields,
i. e.,by
therestrictions of total flows
( cf. [11]).
Denote
by
Vect( S A)
the category of( strong )
vector fieldsin 8 ,
the latter
regarded
as a model of SDG with thegeneric k-algebra R
asring
of line type. Let A be the category of differential
k-algebras
which are fin-itely presented
asordinary k-algebras,
and consider the functorThis induces an
adjoint pair
where
Hom(F, - ) assigns,
to a vector fieldX, f> in SA,
the functorA -+ 8 which,
to( A , d ) assigns
and where
FO- assigns,
to anobject Y
ofSA
the vector fieldDenote
by 8
the counit of thisadjointness.
For a vector fieldX, f>
inSA.
is the canonical
isomorphism
such that8
xf>. u 77 =
n, inVect (S A )
( wh ere
uq
is theinjection corresponding
to 17).
DE FINITION. A vector field
X, ç>
in8 A
is said to bealgebraic
if8x, f>
is anisomorphism.
THEOREM.
Denoting by Vectalg(SA) the full subcategory of Vect(SA)
consisting of the algebraic
vectorfields, there
exists anequivalence of categories Vectalg(SA) = SÃ.
P ROO F. The
composite
is
naturally equivalent
to theidentity.
Theimage
ofF O -
isDE FINITION. Let
0: X -+ SA
be ageometric morphism. By
a0-vector
field in X
we mean apair X, f> where X
is anobject of X
and wherev
r X X o*Doo -+ X
is anaction
of the monoidobject o*Doo in X.
De-note
by Vecto (X)
thecategory
of0-vector
fields and theirmorphisms
( it
is thetopos Xo*Doo ).
A95-vector
field is said to bealgebraic
if thecanonical
morphism
of0-vector
fields -1..defined
by
is an
isomorphism.
THEOREM.
The pair SA, S>, where SA
isan SA-based topos with the
geometric morphism Y: 8 A -+ 8 A induced by the functor ’A -Y.A which for-
gets the derivation, classi fies algebraic 0-vector fields
inSA-based topos-
es
o: X -+ SA .
PROOF.
S
is a y-vector field withdefined
by
Hence,
if7o : X -+ A
is ageometric morphism
over8 A, 7o*S
is a;6-vector
field in
X.
SinceS
isalgebraic,
so is7o*S. Conversely
analgebraic 0-vector field X
is also afinitary
differentialk-algebra in I
and therefore induces ageometric morphism rp
over8,
also over8 A .
000- Denote
by
A andA, respectively,
thecompletions
of A and A with respect to inverse limits of countable chains.Thus,
forexample,
to-o
gether
with Af I A
one also hasalternatively ( cf. [1]), A*[t]
is a power seriesring over A ,
in whichthere are
only finitely
many terms of anygiven
order.0
Let
AOP
be made into a sitetaking
ascocoverings
the familiesIt follows
that X
fI (
is a sheaf if andonly
ifNotice that
SAop
as well as thecategory Aop of
sheaves for thistopology,
can both be
regarded
as models of SDG withR
=h k {x}.
We end with the
following
result :~ 0
THEOREM.
There
exists anequivalence of categories , Vect(Aop) = SB.
.P ROOF. As in the
proof
of theprevious theorem,
we consider the functor:9 0
using
that there is a functor u : A -+ Aforgetting
thederivation,
whichwe take for
granted. Here,
too, there i s anadjoint pair
with one of thecomposites being naturally equivalent
to theidentity
on81.
The other com-posite
is alsonaturally equivalent
to theidentity,
since a vector fieldX, f>, with X
asheaf,
must bealgebraic. Indeed,
thecommutativity
ofthe
diagram
( on
account of the vector fieldstructure),
when evaluated at anobject A , gives
commutative. It follows
that,
for each a fX(A),
there exists a differen- tialk-algebra ( C, d ) , together
with a mapf : C 4 A ,
as well asand such that
is defined
using d («Taylor series»).
This says that the categoryhence that the canonical
morphism
induced
by forgetting
the derivation is anisomorphism.
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