Galois connection

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A Galois connection is a pair of order-reversing (or order-preserving) maps between partially ordered sets that form an adjoint relationship, linking their structures in a way that generalizes many dualities in mathematics.

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instanceOf adjunction
mathematical concept
order-theoretic notion
alsoKnownAs Galois correspondence
appearsIn lattice-theoretic treatments of algebra
theory of complete lattices
captures correspondence between closure systems
duality between substructures
characterizedBy equivalence of certain order relations
inequalities involving compositions of the maps
definedOn partially ordered sets
field category theory
lattice theory
order theory
formalizedAs adjoint functor pair between posets viewed as categories
generalizes adjunctions in category theory
classical Galois correspondence in field theory
closure operators
duality between subgroups and intermediate fields
kernel-image correspondences
polarity in formal concept analysis
hasComponent lower adjoint
upper adjoint
hasCondition for all a and b, f(a) ≤ b iff a ≤ g(b)
hasDirection order-preserving
order-reversing
hasDual dual Galois connection obtained by order reversal
hasHistoricalOrigin Évariste Galois's work on field extensions
implies existence of closure operator on one poset
existence of kernel operator on the other poset
involves adjoint pair of functions
pair of monotone maps
isSpecialCaseOf adjunction in a 2-category of posets
property adjoint relationship between posets
order-reversing or order-preserving structure
relates structure of one poset to another
two partially ordered sets
studiedIn Birkhoff's lattice theory NERFINISHED
Tarski's work on closure operators
usedIn abstract algebra
abstract interpretation
computer science
formal concept analysis
logic
program analysis
topology
yields closure operators on posets
interior operators on posets

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Galois conceptNamedAfter Galois connection
subject surface form: Évariste Galois