Spahn Ad(K)

Let KK be a 22-category, then adjunction ⊣\dashv is a relation on K 1K_1 (the 11-cells of KK). The relation is linear and composition makes K 1K_1 into a pomagma Ad(K)Ad(K) whose object set is K 1K_1 and hom(l,r)=(l⊣r)hom(l,r)=(l\dashv r) if l⊣rl\dashv r and empty otherwise.

We can also consider Ad(K)Ad(K) as a “22-twisted 22-category” where we have 22-morphisms between antiparallel 11-cells and whose level 22 is thin.

⊣\dashv satisfies

if(l⊣r⊣s)then(rl⊣rs)and(lr⊣sr)if\;(l\dashv r\dashv s)\; then\; (rl\dashv rs)\;and\;(lr\dashv sr)