Relational Semigroups and Object-Free Categories

01/31/2020

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by   James Cranch, et al.

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This note relates axioms for partial semigroups and monoids with those for small object-free categories, either with multiple monoidal units or with source and target maps. We discuss the adjunction of a zero element to both kinds of category and provide examples that separate the algebras considered.