Associahedra and Weak Monoidal Structures on Categories
Algebraic Topology
2015-03-11 v4 Combinatorics
Category Theory
Abstract
This paper answers the following question: what algebraic structure on a category corresponds to an structure (in the sense of Stasheff) on the geometric realization of its nerve?
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.3979,
title = {Associahedra and Weak Monoidal Structures on Categories},
author = {Zbigniew Fiedorowicz and Steven Gubkin and Rainer M. Vogt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.3979},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
24 pages (corrected a typo in punchline of a proof, added references to Tamari lattice)