nLab module over a monoidal functor

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Monoidal categories

monoidal categories

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Closed structure

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In higher category theory

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To the extent that a monoidal functor is analogous to a monoid, a module over a monoidal functor is analogous to a module over (hence an action of) that monoid.

Definition

Definition

Let

  1. 𝒞,𝒟\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D} be monoidal categories, hence equipped with tensor product functors 𝒞:𝒞×𝒞𝒞\otimes_{\mathcal{C}}\colon \mathcal{C} \times \mathcal{C}\to \mathcal{C} and 𝒟:𝒟×𝒟𝒟\otimes_{\mathcal{D}}\colon \mathcal{D} \times \mathcal{D}\to \mathcal{D};

  2. 𝒩\mathcal{N} be a left module category over 𝒞\mathcal{C}, hence equipped with a compatible action functor ρ:𝒞×𝒩𝒩\rho \colon \mathcal{C}\times\mathcal{N} \to \mathcal{N};

  3. F:𝒞𝒟F \colon \mathcal{C}\to \mathcal{D} a lax monoidal functor.

Then a left module over FF is

  1. a functor N:𝒩𝒟N \colon \mathcal{N} \longrightarrow \mathcal{D}

  2. a natural transformation

    α:F() 𝒟N()N(ρ(,))\alpha \colon F(-) \otimes_{\mathcal{D}} N(-) \longrightarrow N(\rho(-,-))

satisfying the evident categorification of the action-property. Analogously for right modules and bimodules. (e.g. Yetter 01, def. 39).

Example

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