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Benjamin Dupont
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In this paper, we study rewriting modulo a set of algebraic axioms in categories enriched in linear categories, called linear~$(2,2)$-categories. We introduce the structure of linear~$(3,2)$-polygraph modulo as a presentation of a linear~$(2,2)$-category by a rewriting system modulo algebraic axioms. We introduce a symbolic computation method in order to compute linear bases for the vector spaces of $2$-cells of these categories. In particular, we study the case of pivotal $2$-categories using the isotopy relations given by biadjunctions on $1$-cells and cyclicity conditions on $2$-cells as axioms for which we rewrite modulo. By this constructive method, we recover the bases of normally ordered dotted oriented Brauer diagrams in te affine oriented Brauer linear~$(2,2)$-category.
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