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A Universal Characterisation of Codescent Objects

Category Theory 2021-02-25 v1

Abstract

In this work we define a 2-dimensional analogue of extranatural transformation and use these to characterise codescent objects. They will be seen as universal objects amongst extrapseudonatural transformations in a similar manner in which coends are universal objects amongst extranatural transformations. Some composition lemmas concerning these transformations are introduced and a Fubini theorem for codescent objects is proven using the universal characterisation description.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1709.01332,
  title  = {A Universal Characterisation of Codescent Objects},
  author = {Alexander S. Corner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.01332},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

27 pages, adapted from material in the author's PhD Thesis, see http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/16767

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