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natural equivalence of categories (Definition)
Definition 0.1   Let us consider two arbitrary categories $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ . A natural equivalence of categories* is said to exist between two categories $\mathcal{C}$ and $\mathcal{D}$ if and only if there is a covariant functor $ E: \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{D}$ which is full and faithful, and that also has a full and faithful adjoint (that is either a left- or right- adjoint).

* See ref. $[288]$ in the bibliography for category theory and algebraic topology.

Examples:

  1. Category of cross modules of groups, and the category of categorical groups
  2. Category $\bf{modB}$ of finite-dimensional right-B modules, and the category $\mathcal{C} / \Sigma T$ of ideals of morphisms of a category $\mathcal{C}$ which factor through a direct some of ideal copies $\Sigma T$ .
  3. The category of crossed modules of $R$ -algebroids is equivalent to the category of double $R$ -algebroids with thin structure (Brown and Mosa, 1986, 2008.)
  4. The categories of crossed modules of algebroids and of double algebroids with a connection pair are equivalent.

Bibliography

1
Eilenberg, S. and S. Mac Lane: 1945, The General Theory of Natural Equivalences, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 58: 231-294.




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See Also: category, functor, natural transformation, natural equivalence, category theory, natural equivalence of $C_G$ and $C_M$ categories, functor category, index of categories

Also defines:  categorical equivalence
Keywords:  equivalence of categories, categorical equivalence
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Cross-references: connection, structure, thin, equivalent, factor, morphisms, ideals, modules, finite-dimensional, adjoint, faithful, covariant functor, categories
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AMS MSC18A25 (Category theory; homological algebra :: General theory of categories and functors :: Functor categories, comma categories)
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