On final coalgebras of continuous functors

  • Authors:
  • Jirí Adámek

  • Affiliations:
  • Technical University of Braunschweig, Postfach 3329, 38023 Braunschweig, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science - Category theory and computer science
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Continuous endofunctors F of locally finitely presentable categories carry a natural metric on their final coalgebra. Whenever F(0) has an element, this metric is proved to be a Cauchy completion of the initial algebra of F. This is illustrated on the poset of real numbers represented as a final coalgebra of an endofunctor of Pos by Pavlovic´ and Pratt. Under additional assumptions on the locally finitely presentable category, all finitary endofunctors are proved to have a final coalgebra constructed in ω + ω steps of the natural iteration construction.