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string diagrams are the internal language of monoidal categories

string diagrams are the internal language of monoidal categories

Nov 14, 20231 min read

There exists an adjunction between polygraphs and strict monoidal categories whose left adjoint is given by string diagrams.

  • The missing string diagrams adjunction

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