The structure of a k-fold monoidal category as introduced by Balteanu, Fiedorowicz, Schwänzl and Vogt in [2] can be seen as a weaker structure than a symmetric or even braided monoidal category. In this paper we show that it is still sufficient to permit a good definition of (n-fold) operads in a k-fold monoidal category which generalizes the definition of operads in a braided category. Further...

A monoidal model category is a model category with a closed monoidal structure which is compatible with the model structure. Given a monoidal model category, we consider the homotopy theory of modules over a given monoid and the homotopy theory of monoids. We make minimal assumptions on our model categories; our results therefore are more general, yet weaker, than the results of [SS97]. In part...

1 ∞-Operads 4 1.1 Basic Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Fibrations of ∞-Operads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.3 Algebra Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.4 Cartesian Monoidal Structures . . . . . . . . . . ....

Let X be an infinite set of cardinality κ. We show that if L is an algebraic and dually algebraic distributive lattice with at most 2 completely join irreducibles, then there exists a monoidal interval in the clone lattice on X which is isomorphic to the lattice 1 + L obtained by adding a new smallest element to L. In particular, we find that if L is any chain which is an algebraic lattice, and...