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A bicategorical pasting theorem

Category Theory 2021-12-21 v1

Abstract

We provide an elementary proof of a bicategorical pasting theorem that does not rely on Power's 2-categorical pasting theorem, the bicategorical coherence theorem, or the local characterization of a biequivalence.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1910.01220,
  title  = {A bicategorical pasting theorem},
  author = {Niles Johnson and Donald Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.01220},
  year   = {2021}
}

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18 pages

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