Operads revisited
Category Theory
2018-01-16 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Operads may be represented as symmetric monoidal functors on a small symmetric monoidal category. We discuss the axioms which must be imposed on a symmetric monoidal functor in order that it give rise to a theory similar to the theory of operads: we call such functors patterns. We also develop the enriched version of the theory, and show how it may be applied to axiomatize topological field theory.
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@article{arxiv.math/0701767,
title = {Operads revisited},
author = {Ezra Getzler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701767},
year = {2018}
}
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25 pages