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18Mxx Monoidal and enriched categories

This subtopic studies monoidal and enriched categories, emphasizing tensor-like structures and enriched hom-objects for advanced categorical modeling.

Specific topics

18M05 Monoidal categories, symmetric monoidal categories

Overview

18M05 studies monoidal categories and tensor products in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Monoidal categories and tensor products (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for monoidal categories and tensor products
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M10 Closed categories

Overview

18M10 studies closed and compact closed categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Closed and compact closed categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for closed and compact closed categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M15 Enriched categories

Overview

18M15 studies braided and symmetric monoidal categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Braided and symmetric monoidal categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for braided and symmetric monoidal categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M20 Traced monoidal categories

Overview

18M20 studies enriched categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Enriched categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for enriched categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M25 Compact and autonomous categories, duals

Overview

18M25 studies module categories and actegories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Module categories and actegories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for module categories and actegories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M30 String diagram methods

Overview

18M30 studies higher monoidal structures in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Higher monoidal structures (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for higher monoidal structures
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M35 Applied categorical structures

Overview

18M35 studies tensor categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Tensor categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for tensor categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M40 Categorical probability and stochastic processes

Overview

18M40 studies operads and multicategories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Operads and multicategories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for operads and multicategories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M60 Categories in quantum mechanics

Overview

18M60 studies applications of monoidal categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Applications of monoidal categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for applications of monoidal categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M65 Categories in computer science

Overview

18M65 studies applications of enriched categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Applications of enriched categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for applications of enriched categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M70 Universal algebra using categories

Overview

18M70 studies monoidal methods in topology and algebra in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Monoidal methods in topology and algebra (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for monoidal methods in topology and algebra
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M75 Topological field theories

Overview

18M75 studies categorical quantum structures in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Categorical quantum structures (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for categorical quantum structures
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M80 Categorical aspects of topological quantum computing

Overview

18M80 studies computational aspects of monoidal categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Computational aspects of monoidal categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for computational aspects of monoidal categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks

18M85 Categorical aspects of quantum groups

Overview

18M85 studies miscellaneous monoidal and enriched categories in monoidal and enriched categories. It studies categories equipped with tensor products or enriched hom-objects, providing the algebraic language for categorical symmetry and multilinear constructions.

Related Wikipedia Page

Miscellaneous monoidal and enriched categories (Wikipedia)

Useful Links

Key Ideas

  • Canonical formulations and representative examples for miscellaneous monoidal and enriched categories
  • How structural, local, and computational viewpoints interact in the subject
  • Standard theorem patterns and invariants used in current research practice

Typical Uses

Used in tensor categories, operads, quantum algebra, and enriched semantics.

Applications

  • Tensor and enriched category theory
  • Braided and compact closed structures
  • Applications to quantum algebra and topology

References

Recommended Textbooks