Library HoTT.Categories.Category.Dual

Opposite Category

Require Import Category.Core Category.Objects.

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

Local Open Scope morphism_scope.
Local Open Scope category_scope.

Definition of Cᵒᵖ

Definition opposite (C : PreCategory) : PreCategory
  := @Build_PreCategory'
       C
       (fun s dmorphism C d s)
       (identity (C := C))
       (fun _ _ _ m1 m2m2 o m1)
       (fun _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ⇒ @associativity_sym _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
       (fun _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ⇒ @associativity _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
       (fun _ _ ⇒ @right_identity _ _ _)
       (fun _ _ ⇒ @left_identity _ _ _)
       (@identity_identity C)
       _.

Local Notation "C ^op" := (opposite C) : category_scope.

ᵒᵖ is judgmentally involutive

Initial objects are opposite terminal objects, and vice versa

Section DualObjects.
  Variable C : PreCategory.

  Definition terminal_opposite_initial (x : C)
             `(H : IsTerminalObject C x)
  : IsInitialObject (C^op) x
    := fun x'H x'.

  Definition initial_opposite_terminal (x : C)
             `(H : IsInitialObject C x)
  : IsTerminalObject (C^op) x
    := fun x'H x'.
End DualObjects.

Module Export CategoryDualNotations.
  Notation "C ^op" := (opposite C) : category_scope.
End CategoryDualNotations.