Lax monoidal functors as Day convolution monoids #
For monoidal categories C and V, a monoid for the Day convolution product on C ⊛⥤ V is the
same thing as a lax monoidal functor C ⥤ V: by the universal property of the Day convolution
F ⊗ F as a left Kan extension of F ⊠ F along the tensor product of C, a multiplication
F ⊗ F ⟶ F is a natural family F x ⊗ F y ⟶ F (x ⊗ y), and a unit 𝟙_ ⟶ F is a morphism
𝟙_ V ⟶ F (𝟙_ C). This file constructs the direction used to build monoids: the tensorator and
unit of a lax monoidal functor F make F a monoid object of C ⊛⥤ V, which is commutative when
F is lax braided and the braiding of C is symmetric. Monoidal natural transformations become
monoid morphisms.
The symmetry assumption on C comes from the convention of Mathlib's Day convolution braiding,
which restricts along the units to F x ⊗ G y ⟶ G y ⊗ F x ⟶ (G ⊗ F) (y ⊗ x) ⟶ (G ⊗ F) (x ⊗ y),
the last map being the braiding β_ y x of C.
The main application is the sphere symmetric sequence n ↦ (S¹)^∧n, a lax braided functor out
of the finite-bijection groupoid, whose Day convolution monoid structure is the ring structure of
the sphere symmetric spectrum.
The monoid laws are verified using the restatements, along the Day convolution units, of the
whiskerings, the associator and the unitors of C ⊛⥤ V and the corresponding extensionality
lemmas from TauCeti.CategoryTheory.Monoidal.DayConvolution.Basic. The unit and multiplication
are built with DayFunctor.unitDesc and DayFunctor.tensorDesc from Robin Carlier's Day
convolution formalization in Mathlib (Mathlib.CategoryTheory.Monoidal.DayConvolution.DayFunctor).
Main definitions #
DayFunctor.monObj: the Day convolution monoid structure on a lax monoidal functor.DayFunctor.isCommMonObj: it is commutative for a lax braided functor out of a symmetric monoidal category.DayFunctor.isMonHom: monoidal natural transformations are monoid morphisms.
Main statements #
DayFunctor.ν_comp_one_natTrans_app,DayFunctor.η_app_comp_mul_natTrans_app: the unit and multiplication restrict along the Day convolution units to the unit and the tensorator ofF.
References #
- B. Day, On closed categories of functors, Reports of the Midwest Category Seminar IV, Lecture Notes in Math. 137 (1970), 1-38.
- M. Hovey, B. Shipley and J. Smith, Symmetric spectra, J. Amer. Math. Soc. 13 (2000), Section 2.
The Day convolution monoid structure on a lax monoidal functor F: its unit and
multiplication are induced by the unit ε and the tensorator μ of F.
The unit of the Day convolution monoid F restricts along ν to the unit ε of F.
The unit of the Day convolution monoid F restricts along ν to the unit ε of F.
The multiplication of the Day convolution monoid F restricts along η F F to the
tensorator μ of F.
The multiplication of the Day convolution monoid F restricts along η F F to the
tensorator μ of F.
A monoidal natural transformation of lax monoidal functors is a morphism of the associated Day convolution monoids.
The Day convolution monoid of a lax braided functor out of a symmetric monoidal category is commutative.