Internal bicategories
Category Theory
2016-11-09 v2
Abstract
We define bicategories internal to 2-categories. When the ambient 2-category is symmetric monoidal categories, this provides a convenient framework for encoding the structures of a symmetric monoidal 3-category. This framework is well suited to examples arising in geometry and algebra, such as the 3-category of bordisms or the 3-category of conformal nets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1206.4284,
title = {Internal bicategories},
author = {Christopher L. Douglas and André G. Henriques},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.4284},
year = {2016}
}
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