7 Jul
2003
7 Jul
'03
5:01 p.m.
Hi all, Does anybody know of an example of a Right Kan Extension of a functor X:A->C along a functor F:A->B where B is not the 1 object category (as this gives limits)? I'm looking for an intuitive example for a computer scientist, not a mathematician (i.e. me!). In "Categories and Computer Science" [Walters,1991], example 6 in chapter 7 explains a situation in which the Left Kan Extension gives us the arrows of the category B. As far as I can work out, the Right Kan Extension for this set-up of A,B,C and functors X and F yields a trivial answer. I am hoping to learn of a useful example to work with. Regards, Shane O'Conchuir