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In algebra, an action of a monoidal category S on a category X is a functor

such that there are natural isomorphisms s ⋅ ≃ ⋅ x {\displaystyle s\cdot \simeq \cdot x} and e ⋅ x ≃ x {\displaystyle e\cdot x\simeq x} and those natural isomorphism satisfy the coherence conditions analogous to those in S. If there is such an action, S is said to act on X.

For example, S acts on itself via the monoid operation ⊗.

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