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Left Kan extensions of "strong" monoidal functors

Consider the 2-category $\mathsf{MonCat}$ where objects are monoidal categories, 1-cells are strong monoidal functors, and 2-cells are monoidal natural transformations. Given arrows $f: \mathsf{C} \to ...
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Coherence for closed bicategories

A right-closed bicategory [1] is a bicategory that has all right extensions (i.e. right adjoints to precomposition with a fixed 1-cell). A one-object right-closed bicategory is therefore a right-...
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Reference for "taking adjuncts preserves Kan extensions"

I'm using a result similar to the one below, and I would like to know if there is a reference that I can cite. It's easily proved, by "following your nose". The cell $G\phi.\eta_A$ is often ...
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Existence and characterisations of left Kan extensions and liftings in the bicategory of relations II

This is the second part to a previous question regarding left Kan extensions/lifts in the bicategory $\mathsf{Rel}$ of sets, relations, and inclusions of relations, which has now been split into two ...
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