open import Cat.Functor.Properties
open import Cat.Prelude

import Cat.Reasoning

module Cat.Functor.WideSubcategory where

module _ {o ℓ} (C : Precategory o ℓ) where
  private module C = Cat.Reasoning C

Wide subcategories🔗

A wide subcategory $\mathcal{D}\hookrightarrow \mathcal{C}$ is specified by a predicate $P$ on the morphisms of $\mathcal{C}\text{,}$ rather than one on the objects. Since $P$ is nontrivial, we must take care that the result actually form a category: $P$ must contain the identities and be closed under composition.

To start, we package up all the data required to define a wide subcategory up into a record.

  record Wide-subcat (ℓ' : Level) : Type (o ⊔ ℓ ⊔ lsuc ℓ') where
    no-eta-equality
    field
      P      : ∀ {x y} → C.Hom x y → Type ℓ'
      P-prop : ∀ {x y} (f : C.Hom x y) → is-prop (P f)

      P-id : ∀ {x} → P (C.id {x})
      P-∘  : ∀ {x y z} {f : C.Hom y z} {g : C.Hom x y}
          → P f → P g → P (f C.∘ g)

  open Wide-subcat

Morphisms of wide subcategories are defined as morphisms in $\mathcal{C}$ where $P$ holds.

instance
  Membership-wide-subcat
    : ∀ {o ℓ ℓ'} {C : Precategory o ℓ} {x y}
    → Membership (C .Precategory.Hom x y) (Wide-subcat C ℓ') ℓ'
  Membership-wide-subcat = record { _∈_ = λ f W → Wide-subcat.P W f }

module _ {o h} {C : Precategory o h} where
  private
    module C = Cat.Reasoning C
    variable ℓ : Level

  open Precategory
  open Wide-subcat

  record Wide-hom {ℓ'} (sub : Wide-subcat C ℓ') (x y : C.Ob) : Type (h ⊔ ℓ') where
    no-eta-equality
    constructor wide
    field
      hom     : C.Hom x y
      witness : hom ∈ sub

  open Wide-hom public

  Wide-hom-path
    : {sub : Wide-subcat C ℓ}
    → {x y : C.Ob}
    → {f g : Wide-hom sub x y}
    → f .hom ≡ g .hom
    → f ≡ g
  Wide-hom-path {f = f} {g = g} p i .hom = p i
  Wide-hom-path {sub = sub} {f = f} {g = g} p i .witness =
    is-prop→pathp (λ i → sub .P-prop (p i)) (f .witness) (g .witness) i

  instance
    Extensional-wide-hom
      : ∀ {ℓ ℓr} {sub : Wide-subcat C ℓ} {x y : C.Ob}
      → ⦃ sa : Extensional (C.Hom x y) ℓr ⦄
      → Extensional (Wide-hom sub x y) ℓr
    Extensional-wide-hom ⦃ sa ⦄ = injection→extensional! Wide-hom-path sa

    H-Level-Wide-hom
      : ∀ {sub : Wide-subcat C ℓ} {x y : C.Ob} {n}
      → H-Level (Wide-hom sub x y) ( + n)
    H-Level-Wide-hom {sub = sub} = basic-instance  $ Iso→is-hlevel  eqv $
      Σ-is-hlevel  (C.Hom-set _ _) λ f → is-hlevel-suc  (sub .P-prop f)
      where unquoteDecl eqv = declare-record-iso eqv (quote Wide-hom)

We can then use this data to construct a category.

  Wide : Wide-subcat C ℓ → Precategory o (h ⊔ ℓ)
  Wide sub .Ob = C.Ob
  Wide sub .Hom         = Wide-hom sub
  Wide sub .Hom-set _ _ = hlevel 

  Wide sub .id .hom     = C.id
  Wide sub .id .witness = sub .P-id

  Wide sub ._∘_ f g .hom     = f .hom C.∘ g .hom
  Wide sub ._∘_ f g .witness = sub .P-∘ (f .witness) (g .witness)

  Wide sub .idr _ = ext $ C.idr _
  Wide sub .idl _ = ext $ C.idl _
  Wide sub .assoc _ _ _ = ext $ C.assoc _ _ _

From split essentially surjective inclusions🔗

There is another way of representing wide subcategories: By giving a pseudomonic split essential surjection $F:\mathcal{D}\twoheadrightarrow \mathcal{C}\text{.}$

  module _ {o' h'} {D : Precategory o' h'} {F : Functor D C}
    (pseudomonic : is-pseudomonic F)
    (eso : is-split-eso F)
    where
    open Functor F
    private
      module D = Cat.Reasoning D
      module eso x =  C._≅_ (eso x .snd)

We construct the wide subcategory by restricting to the morphisms in $\mathcal{C}$ that lie in the image of $F\text{.}$ Since $F$ is a faithful functor, this is indeed a proposition.

    Split-eso-inclusion→Wide-subcat : Precategory _ _
    Split-eso-inclusion→Wide-subcat = Wide sub where
      sub : Wide-subcat C (h ⊔ h')
      sub .P {x = x} {y = y} f =
        Σ[ g ∈ D.Hom (eso x .fst) (eso y .fst) ]
        (eso.to y C.∘ F₁ g C.∘ eso.from x ≡ f)
      sub .P-prop {x} {y} f (g , p) (g' , q) =
        Σ-prop-path!                          $
        is-pseudomonic.faithful pseudomonic   $
        C.iso→epic (eso x .snd C.Iso⁻¹) _ _   $
        C.iso→monic (eso y .snd) _ _ (p ∙ sym q)
      sub .P-id {x} =
        (D.id , ap₂ C._∘_ refl (C.eliml F-id) ∙ C.invl (eso x .snd))
      sub .P-∘ {x} {y} {z} {f} {g} (f' , p) (g' , q) =
        f' D.∘ g' , (
          eso.to z C.∘ F₁ (f' D.∘ g') C.∘ eso.from x                                    ≡⟨ C.push-inner (F-∘ f' g') ⟩≡
          (eso.to z C.∘ F₁ f') C.∘ (F₁ g' C.∘ eso.from x)                               ≡⟨ C.insert-inner (eso.invr y) ⟩≡
          ((eso.to z C.∘ F₁ f') C.∘ eso.from y) C.∘ (eso.to y C.∘ F₁ g' C.∘ eso.from x) ≡⟨ ap₂ C._∘_ (sym (C.assoc _ _ _) ∙ p) q ⟩≡
          f C.∘ g ∎)

This canonical wide subcategory is equivalent to $\mathcal{D}\text{.}$

    Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain : Functor (Split-eso-inclusion→Wide-subcat) D
    Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain .Functor.F₀ x = eso x .fst
    Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain .Functor.F₁ f = f .witness .fst
    Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain .Functor.F-id = refl
    Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain .Functor.F-∘ _ _ = refl

    is-fully-faithful-Wide-subcat→domain : is-fully-faithful Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain
    is-fully-faithful-Wide-subcat→domain = is-iso→is-equiv $ iso
      (λ f → wide (eso.to _ C.∘ F₁ f C.∘ eso.from _) (f , refl))
      (λ _ → refl)
      (λ f → ext (f .witness .snd))

    is-eso-Wide-subcat→domain : is-split-eso Wide-subcat→Split-eso-domain
    is-eso-Wide-subcat→domain x =
      F₀ x , pseudomonic→essentially-injective pseudomonic (eso (F₀ x) .snd)

We did cheat a bit earlier when defining wide subcategories: our predicate isn’t required to respect isomorphisms! This means that we could form a “subcategory” that kills off all the isomorphisms, which allows us to distinguish between isomorphic objects. Therefore, wide subcategories are not invariant under equivalence of categories.

This in turn means that the forgetful functor from a wide subcategory is not pseudomonic! To ensure that it is, we need to require that the predicate holds on all isomorphisms. Arguably this is something that should be part of the definition of a wide subcategory, but it isn’t strictly required, so we opt to leave it as a side condition.

  module _ {sub : Wide-subcat C ℓ} where
    private module Wide = Cat.Reasoning (Wide sub)
    open Functor

    Forget-wide-subcat : Functor (Wide sub) C
    Forget-wide-subcat .F₀ x = x
    Forget-wide-subcat .F₁ f = f .hom
    Forget-wide-subcat .F-id = refl
    Forget-wide-subcat .F-∘ _ _ = refl

    is-faithful-Forget-wide-subcat : is-faithful Forget-wide-subcat
    is-faithful-Forget-wide-subcat = Wide-hom-path

    is-pseudomonic-Forget-wide-subcat
      : (P-invert : ∀ {x y} {f : C.Hom x y} → C.is-invertible f → f ∈ sub)
      → is-pseudomonic Forget-wide-subcat
    is-pseudomonic-Forget-wide-subcat P-invert .is-pseudomonic.faithful =
      is-faithful-Forget-wide-subcat
    is-pseudomonic-Forget-wide-subcat P-invert .is-pseudomonic.isos-full f =
      pure $
        Wide.make-iso
          (wide f.to   (P-invert (C.iso→invertible f)))
          (wide f.from (P-invert (C.iso→invertible (f C.Iso⁻¹))))
          (ext f.invl)
          (ext f.invr) ,
        trivial!
      where module f = C._≅_ f

    is-split-eso-Forget-wide-subcat : is-split-eso Forget-wide-subcat
    is-split-eso-Forget-wide-subcat y = y , C.id-iso