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9b8d6e49 - feat(category_theory/monoidal): Drinfeld center (#7186)

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feat(category_theory/monoidal): Drinfeld center (#7186) # Half braidings and the Drinfeld center of a monoidal category We define `center C` to be pairs `⟨X, b⟩`, where `X : C` and `b` is a half-braiding on `X`. We show that `center C` is braided monoidal, and provide the monoidal functor `center.forget` from `center C` back to `C`. ## Future work Verifying the various axioms here is done by tedious rewriting. Using the `slice` tactic may make the proofs marginally more readable. More exciting, however, would be to make possible one of the following options: 1. Integration with homotopy.io / globular to give "picture proofs". 2. The monoidal coherence theorem, so we can ignore associators (after which most of these proofs are trivial; I'm unsure if the monoidal coherence theorem is even usable in dependent type theory). 3. Automating these proofs using `rewrite_search` or some relative. Co-authored-by: Scott Morrison <scott.morrison@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Bhavik Mehta <bhavikmehta8@gmail.com>
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