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Traced monoidal categories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

André Joyal ,
Ross Street  and
Dominic Verity
André Joyal
Affiliation:
Département de Mathématiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, Canada
Ross Street
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing & Electronics, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia
Dominic Verity
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing & Electronics, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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Abstract

Traced monoidal categories are introduced, a structure theorem is proved for them, and an example is provided where the structure theorem has application.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 119 , Issue 3 , April 1996 , pp. 447 - 468
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1996

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