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Operads for Symmetric Monoidal Categories

Category Theory 2023-05-26 v2

Abstract

This paper gives an explicit description of the categorical operad whose algebras are precisely symmetric monoidal categories. This allows us to place the operad in a sequence of four, and therefore a sequence of four successively stricter concepts of symmetric monoidal category. A companion paper will use this operadic presentation to describe a vast array of underlying multicategories for a symmetric monoidal category.

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@article{arxiv.2301.06165,
  title  = {Operads for Symmetric Monoidal Categories},
  author = {A. D. Elmendorf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06165},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

10 pages. Makes minor expository improvements from the previous version

R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:12:08.201Z