Normed symmetric monoidal categories

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Authors Jonathan Rubin

Publication date 16 August 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equivariant homotopy theory in algebraic topology (55P91)

Abstract: We introduce categorical models of $N_{i}nfty$ spaces, which we call normed symmetric monoidal categories (NSMCs). These are ordinary symmetric monoidal categories equipped with compatible families of norm maps, and when specialized to a particular class of examples, they reveal a connection between the equivariant symmetric monoidal categories of Guillou-May-Merling-Osorno and those of Hill-Hopkins. We also give an operadic interpretation of the Mac Lane coherence theorem and generalize it to include NSMCs. Among other things, this theorem ensures that the classifying space of a NSMC is a $N_{i}nfty$ space. We conclude by extending our coherence theorem to include NSMCs with strict relations.

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