Convexity via Weak Distributive Laws
Abstract
We study the canonical weak distributive law δ of the powerset monad over the semimodule monad for a certain class of semirings containing, in particular, positive semifields. For this subclass we characterise δ as a convex closure in the free semimodule of a set. Using the abstract theory of weak distributive laws, we compose the powerset and the semimodule monads via δ, obtaining the monad of convex subsets of the free semimodule.
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