monoidaalinen
Monoidaalinen is a Finnish term that translates to "monoidal" in English, referring to a specific mathematical structure. In abstract algebra and category theory, a monoidal category is a category equipped with a bifunctor, often denoted by a tensor product symbol (⊗), and a unit object, often denoted by I. These structures must satisfy certain associativity and unit laws, usually expressed through natural isomorphisms.
The bifunctor ⊗ allows for the combination of objects and morphisms in the category, analogous to how
Monoidal categories are fundamental in various areas of mathematics, including representation theory, quantum field theory, and