//! # Coherence Laws //! //! This module implements coherence verification for higher categories. //! Coherence laws ensure that different ways of composing morphisms //! yield equivalent results. //! //! ## Key Coherence Laws //! //! - **Pentagon Identity**: For monoidal categories/bicategories //! - **Triangle Identity**: For unitors in monoidal categories //! - **Hexagon Identity**: For braided monoidal categories //! - **Mac Lane Coherence**: All diagrams of associators commute use crate::higher::{TwoCategory, TwoMorphism, TwoMorphismId, OneMorphism, TwoMorphismData}; use crate::{CategoryError, MorphismId, ObjectId, Result}; use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize}; use std::collections::HashMap; /// A coherence law that must hold in a higher category #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)] pub enum CoherenceLaw { /// The pentagon identity for associators Pentagon { f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, h: MorphismId, k: MorphismId, }, /// The triangle identity for unitors Triangle { f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, }, /// The hexagon identity for braidings Hexagon { f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, h: MorphismId, }, /// A general coherence condition Custom { name: String, left_path: Vec, right_path: Vec, }, } impl CoherenceLaw { /// Creates a pentagon law pub fn pentagon(f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, h: MorphismId, k: MorphismId) -> Self { Self::Pentagon { f, g, h, k } } /// Creates a triangle law pub fn triangle(f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId) -> Self { Self::Triangle { f, g } } /// Creates a hexagon law pub fn hexagon(f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, h: MorphismId) -> Self { Self::Hexagon { f, g, h } } } /// Result of verifying a coherence law #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)] pub struct CoherenceVerification { /// The law being verified pub law: String, /// Whether the law holds pub holds: bool, /// The left path of the diagram pub left_path: Vec, /// The right path of the diagram pub right_path: Vec, /// Error message if verification failed pub error: Option, } impl CoherenceVerification { /// Creates a successful verification pub fn success(law: impl Into) -> Self { Self { law: law.into(), holds: true, left_path: vec![], right_path: vec![], error: None, } } /// Creates a failed verification pub fn failure(law: impl Into, error: impl Into) -> Self { Self { law: law.into(), holds: false, left_path: vec![], right_path: vec![], error: Some(error.into()), } } /// Sets the paths pub fn with_paths(mut self, left: Vec, right: Vec) -> Self { self.left_path = left; self.right_path = right; self } } /// Verifies the pentagon identity /// /// For morphisms f: A -> B, g: B -> C, h: C -> D, k: D -> E, /// the following diagram must commute: /// /// ```text /// α_{k,h,g} * 1_f /// ((k.h).g).f -----------------------------------------> (k.(h.g)).f /// | | /// | | /// | α_{k.h,g,f} | α_{k,h.g,f} /// | | /// v v /// (k.h).(g.f) <------- k.((h.g).f) <----------- k.(h.(g.f)) /// 1_k * α_{h,g,f} α_{k,h,g.f} /// ``` pub fn verify_pentagon( cat: &mut TwoCategory, f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, h: MorphismId, k: MorphismId, ) -> CoherenceVerification { // Check that all morphisms are composable let f_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&f) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Morphism f not found"), }; let g_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&g) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Morphism g not found"), }; let h_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&h) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Morphism h not found"), }; let k_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&k) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Morphism k not found"), }; // Verify composability chain if f_mor.target != g_mor.source { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "f and g not composable"); } if g_mor.target != h_mor.source { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "g and h not composable"); } if h_mor.target != k_mor.source { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "h and k not composable"); } // Compute the left path: α_{k.h,g,f} . (α_{k,h,g} * 1_f) // Compute the right path: (1_k * α_{h,g,f}) . α_{k,h.g,f} . α_{k,h,g.f} // For a proper implementation, we would: // 1. Construct all the associators // 2. Compose them along both paths // 3. Compare the results // Simplified: assume pentagon holds if all morphisms compose correctly let gf = match cat.compose_one(f, g) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Cannot compose f.g"), }; let hg = match cat.compose_one(g, h) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Cannot compose g.h"), }; let kh = match cat.compose_one(h, k) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Cannot compose h.k"), }; // Try to form the associators if cat.associator(f, g, h).is_none() { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Cannot form associator (f,g,h)"); } if cat.associator(g, h, k).is_none() { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Cannot form associator (g,h,k)"); } if cat.associator(f, hg, k).is_none() { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Pentagon", "Cannot form associator (f,h.g,k)"); } CoherenceVerification::success("Pentagon") .with_paths( vec!["α_{k.h,g,f}".to_string(), "α_{k,h,g} * 1_f".to_string()], vec!["1_k * α_{h,g,f}".to_string(), "α_{k,h.g,f}".to_string(), "α_{k,h,g.f}".to_string()], ) } /// Verifies the triangle identity /// /// For morphisms f: A -> B, g: B -> C: /// ```text /// (g . id_B) . f --α_{g,id_B,f}--> g . (id_B . f) /// | | /// | ρ_g * 1_f | 1_g * λ_f /// v v /// g . f ========================= g . f /// ``` pub fn verify_triangle( cat: &mut TwoCategory, f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, ) -> CoherenceVerification { let f_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&f) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Triangle", "Morphism f not found"), }; let g_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&g) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Triangle", "Morphism g not found"), }; // Check composability if f_mor.target != g_mor.source { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Triangle", "f and g not composable"); } let b = f_mor.target; // Get identity at B let id_b = match cat.identity_one(b) { Some(id) => id, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Triangle", "No identity at B"), }; // Try to form the unitors if cat.left_unitor(f).is_none() { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Triangle", "Cannot form left unitor for f"); } if cat.right_unitor(g).is_none() { return CoherenceVerification::failure("Triangle", "Cannot form right unitor for g"); } CoherenceVerification::success("Triangle") .with_paths( vec!["ρ_g * 1_f".to_string()], vec!["α_{g,id_B,f}".to_string(), "1_g * λ_f".to_string()], ) } /// Verifies the hexagon identity for a braiding /// /// For a braided monoidal category with braiding σ pub fn verify_hexagon( cat: &mut TwoCategory, f: MorphismId, g: MorphismId, h: MorphismId, ) -> CoherenceVerification { // Simplified: just check that morphisms exist and compose let f_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&f) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Hexagon", "Morphism f not found"), }; let g_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&g) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Hexagon", "Morphism g not found"), }; let h_mor = match cat.get_one_morphism(&h) { Some(m) => m, None => return CoherenceVerification::failure("Hexagon", "Morphism h not found"), }; // For braided categories, we would need additional structure // Here we just verify the morphisms exist CoherenceVerification::success("Hexagon") } /// Mac Lane's coherence theorem checker /// /// States that all diagrams built from associators commute /// in a monoidal category. #[derive(Debug)] pub struct MacLaneCoherence { /// Verified paths verified_paths: HashMap<(Vec, Vec), bool>, } impl MacLaneCoherence { pub fn new() -> Self { Self { verified_paths: HashMap::new(), } } /// Verifies that two paths of associators yield the same result pub fn verify_paths( &mut self, cat: &mut TwoCategory, left: &[MorphismId], right: &[MorphismId], ) -> bool { let key = (left.to_vec(), right.to_vec()); if let Some(&result) = self.verified_paths.get(&key) { return result; } // By Mac Lane's coherence theorem, if both paths are well-formed // (consist of composable morphisms), they must commute // Check left path is composable for window in left.windows(2) { let f = cat.get_one_morphism(&window[0]); let g = cat.get_one_morphism(&window[1]); match (f, g) { (Some(f_mor), Some(g_mor)) => { if f_mor.target != g_mor.source { self.verified_paths.insert(key, false); return false; } } _ => { self.verified_paths.insert(key.clone(), false); return false; } } } // Check right path is composable for window in right.windows(2) { let f = cat.get_one_morphism(&window[0]); let g = cat.get_one_morphism(&window[1]); match (f, g) { (Some(f_mor), Some(g_mor)) => { if f_mor.target != g_mor.source { self.verified_paths.insert(key, false); return false; } } _ => { self.verified_paths.insert(key.clone(), false); return false; } } } self.verified_paths.insert(key, true); true } } impl Default for MacLaneCoherence { fn default() -> Self { Self::new() } } /// A coherent morphism, guaranteed to satisfy coherence laws #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)] pub struct CoherentMorphism { /// The underlying morphism pub morphism: MorphismId, /// Coherence witness (proof that it's coherent) pub witness: CoherenceWitness, } /// Witness that a morphism satisfies coherence #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)] pub enum CoherenceWitness { /// Identity morphisms are trivially coherent Identity, /// Composition of coherent morphisms Composition(Box, Box), /// Verified by pentagon Pentagon, /// Verified by triangle Triangle, /// Assumed coherent (axiom) Axiom, } impl CoherentMorphism { /// Creates a coherent identity pub fn identity(morphism: MorphismId) -> Self { Self { morphism, witness: CoherenceWitness::Identity, } } /// Creates a coherent composition pub fn compose(f: CoherentMorphism, g: CoherentMorphism, composed: MorphismId) -> Self { Self { morphism: composed, witness: CoherenceWitness::Composition( Box::new(f.witness), Box::new(g.witness), ), } } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; use crate::higher::TwoCategoryObject; #[test] fn test_pentagon_verification() { let mut cat = TwoCategory::new(); // Create objects A, B, C, D, E let a = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let b = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let c = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let d = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let e = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); // Create morphisms f: A -> B, g: B -> C, h: C -> D, k: D -> E let f = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(a, b)); let g = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(b, c)); let h = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(c, d)); let k = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(d, e)); let result = verify_pentagon(&mut cat, f, g, h, k); assert!(result.holds, "Pentagon should hold: {:?}", result.error); } #[test] fn test_triangle_verification() { let mut cat = TwoCategory::new(); let a = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let b = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let c = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let f = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(a, b)); let g = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(b, c)); let result = verify_triangle(&mut cat, f, g); assert!(result.holds, "Triangle should hold: {:?}", result.error); } #[test] fn test_mac_lane_coherence() { let mut cat = TwoCategory::new(); let mut coherence = MacLaneCoherence::new(); let a = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let b = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let c = cat.add_object(TwoCategoryObject::new()); let f = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(a, b)); let g = cat.add_one_morphism(OneMorphism::new(b, c)); // Verify that two equivalent paths commute let result = coherence.verify_paths(&mut cat, &[f, g], &[f, g]); assert!(result); } #[test] fn test_coherent_morphism() { let id = MorphismId::new(); let coherent = CoherentMorphism::identity(id); assert!(matches!(coherent.witness, CoherenceWitness::Identity)); } }