Monoidality conjecture for the shape functor of constructible polygraphs

Let CPol\mathbf{CPol} be the category of constructible polygraphs, with monoidal structures given by the lax Gray product \scaleobj0.75\scaleobj{0.75}{\boxtimes} and the join \star, and let ωCat\omega\mathbf{Cat} be the category of ω\omega-categories with the corresponding monoidal structures. The shape functor is denoted by ω:CPolωCat-_{\omega}:\mathbf{CPol}\to\omega\mathbf{Cat}. Monoidality conjecture. The functor ω-_{\omega} is monoidal both from (CPol,\scaleobj0.75,1)(\mathbf{CPol},\,\scaleobj{0.75}{\boxtimes},1) to (ωCat,\scaleobj0.75,1)(\omega\mathbf{Cat},\,\scaleobj{0.75}{\boxtimes},1) and from (CPol,,)(\mathbf{CPol},\,\star,\emptyset) to (ωCat,,)(\omega\mathbf{Cat},\,\star,\emptyset). This would show that the combinatorial shape construction preserves both fundamental monoidal structures relevant to higher categories; the source presents it as an expected result, with no proof or resolution supplied.

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Amar Hadzihasanovic, “A combinatorial-topological shape category for polygraphs”, arXiv:1806.10353 (2019).

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