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Latest revision as of 04:39, 13 January 2024

Kan extension is a universal construct of generalized data type defined in Category Theory.

Kan Extension is a way to compress the idea of Lambda Calculus into a single Category Theory diagram. Using a small number of arrows, particularly two different kinds of arrows, it is really trying to encode the universal representability of Lambda Calculus.

Proposed Application

Conceptually, we can use Kan Extension to generalize logic gates, specifically, two inputs, one output gates.

There are a total of 16 possible 2-input, 1-output, logic gates. They should be generalizable and represented using Kan Extension.

One may want to read this paper[1] by Marina on representing concepts universally.

Some useful tutorial on this subject

It would be helpful to learn enough about Limit/Colimit, Adjoint Functors, and Dynamical Systems, before studying Kan Extensions.

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Richard Southwell on Kan Extensions

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References

  1. Lehner, Marina (2014). "All Concepts are Kan Extensions":Kan Extensions as the Most Universal of the Universal Constructions (PDF) (Bachelor). local page: Harvard College. Retrieved June 28, 2021. 
  2. Southwell, Richard (Jun 28, 2021). Category Theory For Beginners: Kan Extensions. local page: Richard Southwell. 

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