In mathematics, a commutativity constraint γ{\displaystyle \gamma } on a monoidal category C{\displaystyle {\mathcal {C}}} is a choice of isomorphism γA,B:A⊗B→B⊗A{\displaystyle \gamma _{A,B}:A\otimes B\rightarrow B\otimes A} for each pair of objects A and B which form a "natural family." In particular, to have a commutativity constraint, one must have A⊗B≅B⊗A{\displaystyle A\otimes B\cong B\otimes A} for all pairs of objects A,B∈C{\displaystyle A,B\in {\mathcal {C}}}.