Structure and classification of monoidal groupoids (Q372338): Difference between revisions

The structure of monoidal categories in which every arrow is invertible is analyzed in this paper. A 3-dimensional Schreier-Grothendieck theory of non-abelian factor sets is developed for their classification. In particular, classification theorems are stated and proved for those monoidal groupoids whose isotropy groups are all abelian, as well as for their homomorphisms, by means of Leech's cohomology groups of monoids.