Library HoTT.Categories.Profunctor.Identity

Identity profunctor

Require Import Category.Core Profunctor.Core HomFunctor.

Set Universe Polymorphism.
Set Implicit Arguments.
Generalizable All Variables.
Set Asymmetric Patterns.

Local Open Scope profunctor_scope.

Section identity.
Quoting nCatLab:
In particular the identity profunctor Id : C C is represented by the identity functor and hence is given by the hom-functor C(−,−) : Cᵒᵖ × C Set.

  Definition identity `{Funext} (C : PreCategory) : C -|-> C
    := hom_functor C.
End identity.

Module Export ProfunctorIdentityNotations.
  Notation "1" := (identity _) : profunctor_scope.
End ProfunctorIdentityNotations.