Adjoint relations for the category of local dcpos

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the forgetful functor from the category {bf LDcpo} of local dcpos (respectively, {bf Dcpo} of dcpos) to the category {bf Pos} of posets (respectively, {bf LDcpo} of local dcpos), and study the existence of its left and right adjoints. Moreover, we give the concrete forms of free and cofree $S$-ldcpos over a local dcpo, where $S$ is a local dcpo monoid. The main results are: (1) The forgetful functor $U$ : {bf LDcpo} $longrightarrow$ {bf Pos} has a left adjoint, but does not have a right adjoint;(2) The inclusion functor $I$ : {bf Dcpo} $longrightarrow$ {bf LDcpo} has a left adjoint, but does not have a right adjoint;(3) The forgetful functor $U$ : {bf LDcpo}-$S$ $longrightarrow$ {bf LDcpo} hasboth left and right adjoints;(4) If $(S,cdot,1)$ is a good ldcpo-monoid, then the forgetful functor $U$: {bf LDcpo}-$S$ $longrightarrow$ {bf Pos}-$S$ has a left adjoint.

Keywords

• Dcpo
• local dcpo
• $S$-ldcpo
• forgetful functor