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Example of a pseudomonad on Cat whose pseudoalgebras are not the pseudoalgebras for a 2-monad

For every pseudomonad $T$ on the 2-category of (locally small) categories $\mathbf{Cat}$, we can consider the 2-category of $T$-pseudoalgebras and pseudomorphisms $T\text{-PsAlg}_p$, which is equipped ...
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2-monads for categories with a class of (co)limits

This question concerns the strictness of (co)completions, at various levels of generality. In Blackwell–Kelly–Power's Two-dimensional monad theory, the authors state For instance, the 2-category $\...
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Coherence for pseudomonads and their pseudoalgebras

Let $\mathcal K$ be a bicategory. For every pseudomonad $T : \mathcal K \to \mathcal K$, does there exist a 2-monad $S : \mathcal C \to \mathcal C$, where $\mathcal C$ is a 2-category biequivalent to $...
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