Adelman's Abelianisation of an Additive Category

TL;DR

This thesis explores Adelman's method for creating a universal abelian category from an additive category and extends it to include transformations between additive functors.

Contribution

It introduces an extension of Adelman's construction to encompass transformations between additive functors, broadening its applicability.

Findings

Provides a generalized construction for additive functors

Extends the universal abelian category framework

Enhances understanding of additive category transformations

Abstract

This Bachelor's thesis studies Adelman's construction of the universal abelian category of an additive category. It furthermore extends the construction such that it also applies to transformations between additive functors.