Equivalences in Bicategories

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  • Omar Abbad Department of Mathematics, Universit\'e Choua\"ib Doukkali, El Jadida, Morocco.
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In this paper, we establish some connections between the concept of an equivalence of categories and that of an equivalence in a bicategory. Its main result builds upon the observation that two closely related concepts, which could both play the role of an equivalence in a bicategory, turn out not to coincide. Two counterexamples are provided for that goal, and detailed proofs are given. In particular, all calculations done in a bicategory are fully explicit, in order to overcome the difficulties which arise when working with bicategories instead of 2-categories.

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volume 8  issue 1

pages  19- 33

publication date 2018-01-01

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