Constructing span categories from categories without pullbacks

DOI10.2140/pjm.2022.321.443OpenAlexW3043688620MaRDI QIDQ2692613

David Weisbart, Adam M. Yassine

Publication date: 22 March 2023

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.07752

zbMATH Keywords

compositionalitypullbacksforgetful functorsfibered productsspan categories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Categories in geometry and topology (18F99) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

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