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We introduce the notion of a Schreier internal category in the category of monoids and prove that the category of Schreier internal categories in the category of monoids is equivalent to the category of crossed semimodules. This extends a well-known equivalence of categories between the category of internal categories in the category of groups and the category of crossed modules.
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Patchkoria, A. Crossed Semimodules and Schreier Internal Categories in the Category of Monoids. Georgian Mathematical Journal 5, 575–581 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GEOR.0000008133.94825.60
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GEOR.0000008133.94825.60