Implementing the biset category of finite groups
Category Theory
2026-05-21 v2 Group Theory
Abstract
We describe an implementation of the biset category of finite groups as a tower of standard categorical constructions, all of which are implemented in the software projec t CAP for algorithmic category theory. In particular, we describe the composition of bisets as a composition in a Kleisli category of some biadjunction monad. This composition relies on the universal property of the coequalizer completion of a group viewed as a groupoid on one object. Expressing this universal property offers an elegant categorical interpretation of the Schreier-Sims orbit algorithm. Indeed, the implementation relies on every aspect of the algorithm.
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@article{arxiv.2604.18346,
title = {Implementing the biset category of finite groups},
author = {Mohamed Barakat and Marc Talleux and Fabian Zickgraf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.18346},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Generalized content of Section 4.2, fixed typos, and polished several sentences