Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
In this paper, we use categorical methods to arrive at a characterization of Hausdorff hyperspaces of separated uniform spaces within a category of ordered uniform spaces. We begin by showing that the hyperspace construction gives rise to a monad H in the category Uni of non-empty separated uniform spaces and uniformly continuous maps. We then identify the category of H-algebras and characterize hyperspaces in this context.