"monoidal category" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monoidal categories [plural]
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  1. (category theory) A category 𝒞 with a bifunctor ⊗:𝒞×𝒞→𝒞 which may be called tensor product, an associativity isomorphism α_(A,B,C):(A⊗B)⊗C≃A⊗(B⊗C), an object I which may be called tensor unit, a left unit natural isomorphism λ_A:I⊗A≃A, a right unit natural isomorphism ρ_A:A⊗I≃A, and some "coherence conditions" (pentagon and triangle commutative diagrams for those isomorphisms). Wikipedia link: monoidal category Categories (topical): Category theory
    Sense id: en-monoidal_category-en-noun-ISsuX6IC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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