A Morphism Double Category and Monoidal Structure

2012/05/16 by S. Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Saikat, Amitabha Lahiri +3
Mathematics · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Category Theory (math.CT) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.3565

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Abstract

A double category is constructed from a `fattened' version of a given category, motivated in part by a context of parallel transport. We also study monoidal structures on the underlying category and on the fattened category.

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