1. Universal properties of bicategories of polynomials.
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Walker, Charles
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POLYNOMIALS , *MORPHISMS (Mathematics) , *MATHEMATICAL proofs , *CATEGORIES (Mathematics) , *MATHEMATICAL analysis - Abstract
Abstract We establish the universal properties of the bicategory of polynomials, considering both cartesian and general morphisms between these polynomials. A direct proof of these universal properties would be impractical due to the complicated coherence conditions arising from polynomial composition; however, in this paper we avoid most of these coherence conditions using the properties of generic bicategories. In addition, we give a new proof of the universal properties of the bicategory of spans, and also establish the universal properties of the bicategory of spans with invertible 2-cells; showing how these properties may be used to describe the universal properties of polynomials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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