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Symmetric weak multicategories

Category Theory 2025-12-11 v2

Abstract

A multicategory is what remains of a monoidal category when monoidal product is not available. A weak multicategory means that hom-sets are in fact categories, and in place of usual equations, there are natural isomorphisms, which have to satisfy their own equations. A symmetric weak multicategory implies a weak multicategory with a weak (up to a cocycle) action of symmetric groups.

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@article{arxiv.2512.07732,
  title  = {Symmetric weak multicategories},
  author = {Volodymyr Lyubashenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07732},
  year   = {2025}
}

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29 pages, 1 minor correction

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