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Intrinsic Geometry of Categorified Spectral Objects

Abstract

This paper develops the intrinsic geometry of the categorified spectral object $\mathfrak{Spec}(A)$ associated with an admissible operator-semantic system $A$ in the Categorified Spectral Duality (CSD) framework. We prove that the tangent complex, singular locus, inertia stack, and contextual curvature class are canonically determined by the duality adjunction between $\mathfrak{Spec}$ and the global sections functor, together with the reconstruction theorem identifying $A$ with the global sections of $\mathfrak{Spec}(A)$. The Canonical Geometry Theorem establishes that any CSD-compatible geometric structure is induced by the canonical datum consisting of $\mathfrak{Spec}(A)$, its tangent complex, its singular locus, its inertia stack, and its contextual curvature class; hence the geometry of $\mathfrak{Spec}(A)$ is intrinsic to the semantic structure of $A$. We prove that the tangent complex controls the deformation theory of $\mathfrak{Spec}(A)$ and satisfies a Hochschild realization, establishing a direct bridge between geometry and algebra. The assignment sending $A$ to its canonical geometric datum is functorial and Morita invariant, with explicit computations for the complex numbers and matrix algebras demonstrating that noncommutativity, detected by the inertia stack, is distinct from contextuality, which requires additional structures. Thus semantics determines geometry, and the intrinsic geometry of $\mathfrak{Spec}(A)$ provides a canonical geometric encoding of $A$ up to Morita equivalence.

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Shih-Yu Chang. 2026-06-25. Intrinsic Geometry of Categorified Spectral Objects. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26553

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