Operads, monoids, monads, and bar constructions

arXiv2003.10934MaRDI QIDQ6337336FDOQ6337336

Authors: J. P. May, Ruoqi Zhang, Foling Zou 

Publication date: 24 March 2020

Abstract: We give a description of unital operads in a symmetric monoidal category as monoids in a monoidal category of unital $Lambda$-sequences. This is a new variant of Kelly's old description of operads as monoids in the monoidal category of symmetric sequences. The monads associated to unital operads are the ones of interest in iterated loop space theory and factorization homology, among many other applications. Our new description of unital operads allows an illuminating comparison between the two-sided monadic bar constructions used in such applications and ``classical monoidal two-sided bar constructions.

This page was built for publication: Operads, monoids, monads, and bar constructions

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6337336)