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Stream: theory: category theory

Topic: Dualizable objects in Prof


view this post on Zulip Daniel Teixeira (Nov 24 2023 at 16:22):

In his paper on compact bicategories, Mike Stay mentions that the bicategory Prof of categories and profunctors is compact. What is the dualizability structure of a category C?

view this post on Zulip Mike Shulman (Nov 24 2023 at 16:53):

The dual of a category CC in Prof\mathrm{Prof} is its opposite CopC^{\mathrm{op}}, and the unit and counit are both its hom-functor.

view this post on Zulip John Baez (Nov 24 2023 at 17:06):

I don't know how often @Mike Stay reads this Zulip, but he'll be glad to know Daniel is reading his paper.