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Coherence for Categorified Operadic Theories

Category Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It has long been known that every weak monoidal category A is equivalent via monoidal functors and monoidal natural transformations to a strict monoidal category st(A). We generalise the definition of weak monoidal category to give a definition of weak P-category for any strongly regular (operadic) theory P, and show that every weak P-category is equivalent via P-functors and P-transformations to a strict P-category. This strictification functor is then shown to have an interesting universal property.

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@article{arxiv.math/0607423,
  title  = {Coherence for Categorified Operadic Theories},
  author = {Miles Gould},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607423},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure. Presented at 82nd PSSL, Glasgow, May 2006