Endomorphisms of the symmetric 2-rig of finite sets
Category Theory
2020-04-21 v3
Abstract
Let be the groupoid of finite sets and bijections between them equipped with the canonical symmetric rig category structure given by the disjoint union and the cartesian product of finite sets. We prove that the category (in fact, groupoid) of endomorphisms of is equivalent to the terminal category, thus providing some evidence that is the right categorical analog of the commutative rig of nonnegative integers. This is shown using a particular semistrict skeletal version of for which the endomorphisms can be described very explicitly.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1910.08757,
title = {Endomorphisms of the symmetric 2-rig of finite sets},
author = {Josep Elgueta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.08757},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
The main theorem is true, but the proof contains a mistake which makes the argument much more complicated, and at the end does not prove the theorem as stated