8.7.1 The Right Skew Monoidal Product

The right $J$-skew monoidal product of $\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )$ is the functor

\[ \rhd _{J}\colon \mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )\times \mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright ) \to \mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright ) \]

where

  • Action on Objects. For each $R,S\in \operatorname {\mathrm{Obj}}\webleft (\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )\webright )$, we have

  • Action on Morphisms. For each $R,S,R',S'\in \operatorname {\mathrm{Obj}}\webleft (\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )\webright )$, the action on $\operatorname {\mathrm{Hom}}$-sets

    \[ \webleft (\rhd _{J}\webright )_{\webleft (S,R\webright ),\webleft (S',R'\webright )} \colon \operatorname {\mathrm{Hom}}_{\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )}\webleft (S,S'\webright )\times \operatorname {\mathrm{Hom}}_{\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )}\webleft (R,R'\webright ) \to \operatorname {\mathrm{Hom}}_{\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )}\webleft (S\rhd _{J}R,S'\rhd _{J}R'\webright ) \]
    of $\rhd _{J}$ at $\webleft (\webleft (S,R\webright ),\webleft (S',R'\webright )\webright )$ is defined by1
    for each $\beta \in \operatorname {\mathrm{Hom}}_{\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )}\webleft (S,S'\webright )$ and each $\alpha \in \operatorname {\mathrm{Hom}}_{\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )}\webleft (R,R'\webright )$.


  1. 1Since $\mathbf{Rel}\webleft (A,B\webright )$ is posetal, this is to say that if $S\subset S'$ and $R\subset R'$, then $S\rhd _{J}R\subset S'\rhd _{J}R'$.


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