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Frobenius monads and pseudomonoids Introduction - ResearchGate

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n: I æÆ æ A ƒA<br />

o<br />

<strong>and</strong> counit<br />

In the case of<br />

The counit<br />

e: A ƒA o<br />

æ æÆI.<br />

V -Mod, a right bidual for the V-category A is provided by<br />

( ) @ ( ƒ )<br />

op op<br />

V-Mod ( A ƒB,<br />

C ) @ V-Cat C ƒA ƒB,<br />

V V-Mod B, A C .<br />

op<br />

e : A ƒA æ æÆI is the module defined by<br />

V -Mod is symmetric, it is autonomous.<br />

§3. <strong>Frobenius</strong> <strong>pseudomonoids</strong><br />

( ) = ¢<br />

A op since<br />

( )<br />

e ∑ , A, A¢ A A , A . Since<br />

We consider a pseudomonoid (or monoidal object) A in a monoidal bicategory B: the<br />

underlying object is also denoted by A, the unit is j: I æÆ æ A,<br />

the multiplication is<br />

p: A ƒA æ ÆA,<br />

<strong>and</strong> there are invertible coherent associativity <strong>and</strong> unital constraints.<br />

When the unit constraints are identities, the pseudomonoid is said to be normalized.<br />

When the unit <strong>and</strong> associativity constraints are identities, the pseudomonoid is said to be<br />

strict; it is then just a monoid.<br />

Motivated by Theorem 1.6 (e) we make a natural higher-dimensional extension of the<br />

<strong>Frobenius</strong> notion.<br />

Definition 3.1 A pseudomonoid A is <strong>Frobenius</strong> when it is equipped with a morphism<br />

l :A I<br />

æÆ æ such that the composite<br />

is a biexact pairing.<br />

p<br />

A ƒA æ æÆA æ æÆI l<br />

Proposition 1.1 of [DMS] states that the pseudomonoid A is left autonomous with<br />

dualization d: A<br />

o<br />

æÆ æ A if <strong>and</strong> only if<br />

<strong>and</strong> this holds if <strong>and</strong> only if<br />

( ) ƒ ƒ<br />

( ) ƒ<br />

*<br />

p @ p ƒA<br />

o A d A o( A n),<br />

( ( ) ) @ ƒ<br />

( ) ƒ<br />

*<br />

po d ƒ A A<br />

o<br />

p o(<br />

n A).<br />

Proposition 1.2 of [DMS] gives the formula<br />

d @ ( A ƒe)<br />

o<br />

*<br />

p ƒ A o j A<br />

o o<br />

( ) ( ƒ )<br />

Furthermore, in the case where j has a right adjoint, Proposition 1.4 of [DMS] states that<br />

A is also right autonomous, <strong>and</strong> then simply called autonomous, if <strong>and</strong> only if d is an<br />

equivalence. Then the right adjoint d * of d is an inverse equivalence <strong>and</strong> (Proposition<br />

1.2 of [DMS]) is given by the formula<br />

( ) ( ƒ ) ƒ<br />

* o * o<br />

( )<br />

d @ A ƒj<br />

o A p o n A .<br />

Proposition 3.1 Every autonomous pseudomonoid ( A, j, p),<br />

for which j has a right<br />

17<br />

.

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