Suppose that ( C , ⊗ , I ) {\displaystyle ({\mathcal {C}},\otimes ,I)} and ( D , ∙ , J ) {\displaystyle ({\mathcal {D}},\bullet ,J)} are two monoidal categories and

( F , m ) : ( C , ⊗ , I ) → ( D , ∙ , J ) {\displaystyle (F,m):({\mathcal {C}},\otimes ,I)\to ({\mathcal {D}},\bullet ,J)} and ( G , n ) : ( C , ⊗ , I ) → ( D , ∙ , J ) {\displaystyle (G,n):({\mathcal {C}},\otimes ,I)\to ({\mathcal {D}},\bullet ,J)}

are two lax monoidal functors between those categories.

A monoidal natural transformation

θ : ( F , m ) → ( G , n ) {\displaystyle \theta :(F,m)\to (G,n)}

between those functors is a natural transformation θ : F → G {\displaystyle \theta :F\to G} between the underlying functors such that the diagrams

and

commute for every objects A {\displaystyle A} and B {\displaystyle B} of C {\displaystyle {\mathcal {C}}}.

A symmetric monoidal natural transformation is a monoidal natural transformation between symmetric monoidal functors.

Inline citations

  • Perrone, Paolo (2024). . World Scientific. doi:. ISBN 978-981-12-8600-1.