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category_theory.​monoidal.​unitors

category_theory.​monoidal.​unitors

The two morphisms λ_ (𝟙_ C) and ρ_ (𝟙_ C) from 𝟙_ C ⊗ 𝟙_ C to 𝟙_ C are equal.

This is suprisingly difficult to prove directly from the usual axioms for a monoidal category!

This proof follows the diagram given at https://people.math.osu.edu/penneys.2/QS2019/VicaryHandout.pdf

It should be a consequence of the coherence theorem for monoidal categories (although quite possibly it is a necessary building block of any proof).