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A diagrammatic approach to Hopf monads

Category Theory 2010-03-15 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Given a Hopf algebra in a symmetric monoidal category with duals, the category of modules inherits the structure of a monoidal category with duals. If the notion of algebra is replaced with that of monad on a monoidal category with duals then Bruguieres and Virelizier showed when the category of modules inherits this structure of being monoidal with duals, and this gave rise to what they called a Hopf monad. In this paper it is shown that there are good diagrammatic descriptions of dinatural transformations which allows the three-dimensional, object-free nature of their constructions to become apparent.

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@article{arxiv.0807.0658,
  title  = {A diagrammatic approach to Hopf monads},
  author = {Simon Willerton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0658},
  year   = {2010}
}

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26 pages, 170 diagrams

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