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A categorical equivalence for monadic algebras of first-order substructural logics motivated by Kalman's construction

arXiv:2601.22023

Abstract

The category , whose objects are c-differential residuated distributive lattices that satisfy the condition , is the image of the category , whose objects are residuated distributive lattices, under the categorical equivalence (Kalman functor) . The main goal of this paper is to lift this equivalence to the category , whose objects are monadic residuated distributive lattices, and the category , whose objects are pairs formed by an object of and a center universal quantifier. Firstly, based on the variety of monadic FL-algebras, we introduce the concept of monadic residuated lattices and study some of their further algebraic properties, proving the classes of monadic residuated distributive lattices and monadic c-differential residuated distributive lattices are in one-to-one correspondence. Subsequently, based on this corresponding relation, we prove that there exists a categorical equivalence between the categories and . The results of this paper not only generalizes the works of Sagastume and San Martín in [Mathematical Logic Quarterly, {\bf 60}(2014), 375--388], but also addresses and overcomes the limitations identified in the works of [Studia Logica, {\bf 111}(2023), 361--390]. Finally, this paper concludes with some applications regarding descriptions of a 2-contextual translation.