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additive monad

A monad G=(G,μ,η) on an additive category A is additive if its underlying endofunctor G:AA is an additive functor. One defines an additive comonad in the same vein.

Note that every additive category is Ab-enriched, and an additive monad is then the same as an Ab-enriched monad?.

Revised on November 18, 2009 23:22:22 by Toby Bartels (173.60.119.197)