Loop spaces, and coherence for monoidal and braided monoidal bicategories
Category Theory
2011-02-07 v1
Abstract
We prove a coherence theorem for braided monoidal bicategories and relate it to the coherence theorem for monoidal bicategories. We show how coherence for these structures can be interpretted topologically using up-to-homotopy operad actions and the algebraic classification of surface braids.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.0981,
title = {Loop spaces, and coherence for monoidal and braided monoidal bicategories},
author = {Nick Gurski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0981},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Preprint version of an article to appear in Advances in Mathematics