Coherence for Pseudo Commutative Monads
Category Theory
2025-09-19 v1
Abstract
We prove that the free algebra functor associated to a symmetric, pseudo commutative 2-monad, from the underlying symmetric monoidal 2-category to the 2-category of algebras and pseudo maps over the 2-monad can be enhanced to a multifunctor. Furthermore, we prove that this multifunctor is pseudo symmetric. Our proof implies coherence results for both symmetric and non-symmetric pseudo commutative 2-monads conjectured by Hyland and Power.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.15101,
title = {Coherence for Pseudo Commutative Monads},
author = {Diego Manco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.15101},
year = {2025}
}
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