* lax functors and bimodules
@ 2006-04-19 20:25 Urs Schreiber
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From: Urs Schreiber @ 2006-04-19 20:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Dear category theorists,
let C be a monoidal category and S(C) the same category but regarded
as a bicatgeory with a single object.
Unless I am confused, a lax functor into S(C) is a lot like a
sub-bicategory of the bicategory of bimodules internal to C.
Identity morphisms a--Id-->a are sent by the lax functor to algebras
A_a internal to C and morphisms a--->b to A_a-A_b bimodules.
Composite morphisms a-->b-->c are sent to bimodule products over A_b.
This, and in particular its precise formulation, must be well known.
But I could not locate a reference for it.
If anyone could provide any comments or point me to some literature,
I'd be very grateful.
P.S.
This should play a role in defining the notion of background
configurations is rational conformal field theory:
http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/string/archives/000794.html
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