The free linear category on a quiver #
This constructs a linear category whose objects are the vertices of a quiver
and whose morphisms are finite linear combinations of paths. The construction
uses the representable projective quiver representations, so associativity and
linearity of composition come from the functor category. It is adapted from
the Tau Ceti-derived quiver foundation used by the sibling subcat-research
formalization, with only the path-category interface retained here.
Representations of a quiver over k.
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The trivial path acts as the identity in every quiver representation.
The representable projective at i, with path basis in every component.
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Paths i ⟶ j form a basis of the j component of the representable at
i.
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A path acts on a representable by concatenation.
The morphism from a representable determined by an element at its representing vertex.
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The Yoneda-style linear equivalence between morphisms out of a representable and the corresponding vertex component.
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The free linear path category, realized as the full subcategory of quiver representations on the representables.
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A quiver vertex as an object of the free linear path category.
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The underlying quiver vertex of an object of the free linear category.
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Morphisms in the free linear category are finite linear combinations of paths, with the path direction reversed by the representable convention.
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The natural transformation underlying a path-basis morphism.