Some Notions of (Open) Dynamical System on Polynomial Interfaces

Abstract

We define indexed categories of (open) dynamical system and random dynamical system over polynomial interfaces, where time is given by an arbitrary monoid $\mathbb{T}$. We consider the case of open random dynamical systems over both open and closed noise sources, and the case where the interface of the random system is `nested' over the interface of its noise source. We show that, in discrete time, our categories of dynamical systems over polynomial interfaces $p$ are equivalent to Spivak's categories $p$-$\mathbf{Coalg}$ of $p$-coalgebras. We then define a notion of generalized $pT$-coalgebra for a monad $T$, thereby extending the coalgebraic notion of dynamical system to general time, and show that this construction bestows a notion of open Markov process when the monad $T$ is a probability monad. Finally, we list some further connections and open questions.