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* `Algebra.Module.Bundles.Raw`: raw bundles for module-like algebraic structures
+* Nagata's construction of the "idealization of a module":
+ ```agda
+ Algebra.Module.Construct.Idealization
+ ```
+
Additions to existing modules
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- The Agda standard library
+--
+-- The non-commutative analogue of Nagata's construction of
+-- the "idealization of a module", (Local Rings, 1962; Wiley)
+-- defined here on R-R-*bi*modules M over a ring R, as used in
+-- "Forward- or reverse-mode automatic differentiation: What's the difference?"
+-- (Van den Berg, Schrijvers, McKinna, Vandenbroucke;
+-- Science of Computer Programming, Vol. 234, January 2024
+-- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2023.103010)
+--
+-- The construction N =def R ⋉ M , for which there is unfortunately
+-- no consistent notation in the literature, consists of:
+-- * carrier: pairs |R| × |M|
+-- * with additive structure that of the direct sum R ⊕ M _of modules_
+-- * but with multiplication _*_ such that M forms an _ideal_ of N
+-- * moreover satisfying 'm * m ≈ 0' for every m ∈ M ⊆ N
+--
+-- The fundamental lemma (proved here) is that N, in fact, defines a Ring:
+-- this ring is essentially the 'ring of dual numbers' construction R[M]
+-- (Clifford, 1874; generalised!) for an ideal M, and thus the synthetic/algebraic
+-- analogue of the tangent space of M (considered as a 'vector space' over R)
+-- in differential geometry, hence its application to Automatic Differentiation.
+--
+-- Nagata's more fundamental insight (not yet shown here) is that
+-- the lattice of R-submodules of M is in order-isomorphism with
+-- the lattice of _ideals_ of R ⋉ M , and hence that the study of
+-- modules can be reduced to that of ideals of a ring, and vice versa.
+--
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+{-# OPTIONS --cubical-compatible --safe #-}
+
+open import Algebra.Bundles using (AbelianGroup; Ring)
+open import Algebra.Module.Bundles using (Bimodule)
+
+module Algebra.Module.Construct.Idealization
+ {r ℓr m ℓm} (ring : Ring r ℓr) (bimodule : Bimodule ring ring m ℓm) where
+
+open import Algebra.Core
+import Algebra.Consequences.Setoid as Consequences
+import Algebra.Definitions as Definitions
+import Algebra.Module.Construct.DirectProduct as DirectProduct
+import Algebra.Module.Construct.TensorUnit as TensorUnit
+open import Algebra.Structures using (IsAbelianGroup; IsRing)
+open import Data.Product using (_,_; ∃-syntax)
+open import Level using (Level; _⊔_)
+open import Relation.Binary using (Rel; Setoid; IsEquivalence)
+import Relation.Binary.Reasoning.Setoid as ≈-Reasoning
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Definitions
+
+private
+ open module R = Ring ring
+ using ()
+ renaming (Carrier to R)
+
+ open module M = Bimodule bimodule
+ renaming (Carrierᴹ to M)
+
+ +ᴹ-middleFour = Consequences.comm∧assoc⇒middleFour ≈ᴹ-setoid +ᴹ-cong +ᴹ-comm +ᴹ-assoc
+
+ open module N = Bimodule (DirectProduct.bimodule TensorUnit.bimodule bimodule)
+ using ()
+ renaming ( Carrierᴹ to N
+ ; _≈ᴹ_ to _≈_
+ ; _+ᴹ_ to _+_
+ ; 0ᴹ to 0#
+ ; -ᴹ_ to -_
+ ; +ᴹ-isAbelianGroup to +-isAbelianGroup
+ )
+
+open AbelianGroup M.+ᴹ-abelianGroup hiding (_≈_)
+open ≈-Reasoning ≈ᴹ-setoid
+open Definitions _≈_
+
+-- Injections ι from the components of the direct sum
+-- ιᴹ in fact exhibits M as an _ideal_ of R ⋉ M (see below)
+ιᴿ : R → N
+ιᴿ r = r , 0ᴹ
+
+ιᴹ : M → N
+ιᴹ m = R.0# , m
+
+-- Multiplicative unit
+
+1# : N
+1# = ιᴿ R.1#
+
+-- Multiplication
+
+infixl 7 _*_
+
+_*_ : Op₂ N
+(r₁ , m₁) * (r₂ , m₂) = r₁ R.* r₂ , r₁ *ₗ m₂ +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ r₂
+
+-- Properties: because we work in the direct sum, every proof has
+-- * an 'R'-component, which inherits directly from R, and
+-- * an 'M'-component, where the work happens
+
+*-cong : Congruent₂ _*_
+*-cong (r₁ , m₁) (r₂ , m₂) = R.*-cong r₁ r₂ , +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-cong r₁ m₂) (*ᵣ-cong m₁ r₂)
+
+*-identityˡ : LeftIdentity 1# _*_
+*-identityˡ (r , m) = R.*-identityˡ r , (begin
+ R.1# *ₗ m +ᴹ 0ᴹ *ᵣ r ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-identityˡ m) (*ᵣ-zeroˡ r) ⟩
+ m +ᴹ 0ᴹ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-identityʳ m ⟩
+ m ∎)
+
+*-identityʳ : RightIdentity 1# _*_
+*-identityʳ (r , m) = R.*-identityʳ r , (begin
+ r *ₗ 0ᴹ +ᴹ m *ᵣ R.1# ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-zeroʳ r) (*ᵣ-identityʳ m) ⟩
+ 0ᴹ +ᴹ m ≈⟨ +ᴹ-identityˡ m ⟩
+ m ∎)
+
+*-identity : Identity 1# _*_
+*-identity = *-identityˡ , *-identityʳ
+
+*-assoc : Associative _*_
+*-assoc (r₁ , m₁) (r₂ , m₂) (r₃ , m₃) = R.*-assoc r₁ r₂ r₃ , (begin
+ (r₁ R.* r₂) *ₗ m₃ +ᴹ (r₁ *ₗ m₂ +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ r₂) *ᵣ r₃
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-assoc r₁ r₂ m₃) (*ᵣ-distribʳ r₃ (r₁ *ₗ m₂) (m₁ *ᵣ r₂)) ⟩
+ r₁ *ₗ (r₂ *ₗ m₃) +ᴹ ((r₁ *ₗ m₂) *ᵣ r₃ +ᴹ (m₁ *ᵣ r₂) *ᵣ r₃)
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-congˡ (+ᴹ-congʳ (*ₗ-*ᵣ-assoc r₁ m₂ r₃)) ⟩
+ r₁ *ₗ (r₂ *ₗ m₃) +ᴹ (r₁ *ₗ (m₂ *ᵣ r₃) +ᴹ (m₁ *ᵣ r₂) *ᵣ r₃)
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-assoc (r₁ *ₗ (r₂ *ₗ m₃)) (r₁ *ₗ (m₂ *ᵣ r₃)) ((m₁ *ᵣ r₂) *ᵣ r₃) ⟨
+ (r₁ *ₗ (r₂ *ₗ m₃) +ᴹ r₁ *ₗ (m₂ *ᵣ r₃)) +ᴹ (m₁ *ᵣ r₂) *ᵣ r₃
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (≈ᴹ-sym (*ₗ-distribˡ r₁ (r₂ *ₗ m₃) (m₂ *ᵣ r₃))) (*ᵣ-assoc m₁ r₂ r₃) ⟩
+ r₁ *ₗ (r₂ *ₗ m₃ +ᴹ m₂ *ᵣ r₃) +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ (r₂ R.* r₃) ∎)
+
+distribˡ : _*_ DistributesOverˡ _+_
+distribˡ (r₁ , m₁) (r₂ , m₂) (r₃ , m₃) = R.distribˡ r₁ r₂ r₃ , (begin
+ r₁ *ₗ (m₂ +ᴹ m₃) +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ (r₂ R.+ r₃)
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-distribˡ r₁ m₂ m₃) (*ᵣ-distribˡ m₁ r₂ r₃) ⟩
+ (r₁ *ₗ m₂ +ᴹ r₁ *ₗ m₃) +ᴹ (m₁ *ᵣ r₂ +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ r₃)
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-middleFour (r₁ *ₗ m₂) (r₁ *ₗ m₃) (m₁ *ᵣ r₂) (m₁ *ᵣ r₃) ⟩
+ (r₁ *ₗ m₂ +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ r₂) +ᴹ (r₁ *ₗ m₃ +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ r₃) ∎)
+
+
+distribʳ : _*_ DistributesOverʳ _+_
+distribʳ (r₁ , m₁) (r₂ , m₂) (r₃ , m₃) = R.distribʳ r₁ r₂ r₃ , (begin
+ (r₂ R.+ r₃) *ₗ m₁ +ᴹ (m₂ +ᴹ m₃) *ᵣ r₁
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-distribʳ m₁ r₂ r₃) (*ᵣ-distribʳ r₁ m₂ m₃) ⟩
+ (r₂ *ₗ m₁ +ᴹ r₃ *ₗ m₁) +ᴹ (m₂ *ᵣ r₁ +ᴹ m₃ *ᵣ r₁)
+ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-middleFour (r₂ *ₗ m₁) (r₃ *ₗ m₁) (m₂ *ᵣ r₁) (m₃ *ᵣ r₁) ⟩
+ (r₂ *ₗ m₁ +ᴹ m₂ *ᵣ r₁) +ᴹ (r₃ *ₗ m₁ +ᴹ m₃ *ᵣ r₁) ∎)
+
+distrib : _*_ DistributesOver _+_
+distrib = distribˡ , distribʳ
+
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- The Fundamental Lemma
+
+-- Structure
+
+isRingᴺ : IsRing _≈_ _+_ _*_ -_ 0# 1#
+isRingᴺ = record
+ { +-isAbelianGroup = +-isAbelianGroup
+ ; *-cong = *-cong
+ ; *-assoc = *-assoc
+ ; *-identity = *-identity
+ ; distrib = distrib
+ }
+
+-- Bundle
+
+ringᴺ : Ring (r ⊔ m) (ℓr ⊔ ℓm)
+ringᴺ = record { isRing = isRingᴺ }
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- M is an ideal of R ⋉ M satisfying m₁ * m₂ ≈ 0#
+
+ιᴹ-idealˡ : (n : N) (m : M) → ∃[ n*m ] n * ιᴹ m ≈ ιᴹ n*m
+ιᴹ-idealˡ n@(r , _) m = _ , R.zeroʳ r , ≈ᴹ-refl
+
+ιᴹ-idealʳ : (m : M) (n : N) → ∃[ m*n ] ιᴹ m * n ≈ ιᴹ m*n
+ιᴹ-idealʳ m n@(r , _) = _ , R.zeroˡ r , ≈ᴹ-refl
+
+*-annihilates-ιᴹ : (m₁ m₂ : M) → ιᴹ m₁ * ιᴹ m₂ ≈ 0#
+*-annihilates-ιᴹ m₁ m₂ = R.zeroˡ R.0# , (begin
+ R.0# *ₗ m₂ +ᴹ m₁ *ᵣ R.0# ≈⟨ +ᴹ-cong (*ₗ-zeroˡ m₂) (*ᵣ-zeroʳ m₁) ⟩
+ 0ᴹ +ᴹ 0ᴹ ≈⟨ +ᴹ-identityˡ 0ᴹ ⟩
+ 0ᴹ ∎)
+
+m*m≈0 : (m : M) → ιᴹ m * ιᴹ m ≈ 0#
+m*m≈0 m = *-annihilates-ιᴹ m m
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Infix notation for when opening the module unparameterised
+
+infixl 4 _⋉_
+_⋉_ = ringᴺ