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A cubical Squier’s theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2020

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Maxime Lucas*
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Inria, LS2N, Université de Nantes, France
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Abstract

The homotopical Squier’s theorem relates rewriting properties of a presentation of a monoid with homotopical invariants of this monoid. This theorem has since been extended by Guiraud and Malbos, yielding a so-called polygraphic resolution of a monoid starting from a presentation with suitable rewriting properties. In this article, we argue that cubical categories are a more natural setting in which to express and possibly extend Guiraud and Malbos construction. As a proof-of-concept, we give a new proof of Squier’s homotopical theorem using cubical categories.

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Cubical categoriescoherencerewriting

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Mathematical Structures in Computer Science , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2020 , pp. 159 - 172
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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