The smash product of pointed types #
The smash product X ∧ Y of pointed types is the quotient of X × Y collapsing the wedge
X × {y₀} ∪ {x₀} × Y to the basepoint. Pointed maps out of it are exactly functions of two
variables sending the wedge to the basepoint. With unit S⁰ = PUnit₊ (Option PUnit pointed
at none), the smash product makes Pointed a symmetric monoidal category, whose braiding
swaps the two factors.
This is the levelwise input for the smash product of pointed simplicial sets, viewed as
simplicial objects in Pointed.
Main definitions #
Pointed.smash X Y: the smash product, pointed at the collapsed wedge.Pointed.smash.mk x y: the class of a pair.Pointed.smash.lift: the pointed map induced by a function of two variables sending the wedge to the basepoint;Pointed.smash.hom_extgives uniqueness.Pointed.smash.map: the smash product of two pointed maps.- The instances
MonoidalCategory PointedandSymmetricCategory Pointed.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Chapter 0 (the smash product of pointed spaces).
The smash product X ∧ Y of pointed types: the quotient of X × Y collapsing the wedge
X × {y₀} ∪ {x₀} × Y to a single point, which is the basepoint.
Instances For
The smash product, with unit the free pointed type S⁰ = PUnit₊ on one point.
Pointed maps out of (X ⊗ Y) ⊗ Z are determined by their values on triples.
Pointed maps out of X ⊗ (Y ⊗ Z) are determined by their values on triples.
The smash product makes Pointed a monoidal category.
The swap of factors makes the smash product symmetric monoidal.