A Galois connection restricts to an order isomorphism between the closed elements #
For a Galois connection l ⊣ u, the elements of α fixed by u ∘ l and those of β fixed by
l ∘ u correspond order-isomorphically, with l and u exchanging them. Mathlib has only the
one-sided ClosureOperator.gi. Stated for a bare GaloisConnection on two PartialOrders.
Every "the operation is an involution on a characterised class" theorem of convex analysis is an
instance: conjugacy on the closed convex functions on the two sides of a pairing (Rockafellar's
Corollary 12.2.1), polarity on the closed convex cones (Theorem 14.1), the gauge and
support-function correspondences. Those connections are antitone — presented, as Mathlib presents
them, with one side an OrderDual — so the correspondences are order anti-isomorphisms.
Main results #
GaloisConnection.closedsOrderIso— the isomorphism.
References #
- R. T. Rockafellar, Convex Analysis, Princeton University Press, 1970, §12, §14.
{a // u (l a) = a} and {b // l (u b) = b} are the two classes on which the connection's
round trips are the identity, and l/u exchange them order-isomorphically.