Homotopy theories of $(\infty, \infty)$-categories as universal fixed points with respect to enrichment
Abstract
We show that both the -category of -categories with inductively defined equivalences, and with coinductively defined equivalences, satisfy universal properties with respect to weak enrichment in the sense of Gepner and Haugseng. In particular, we prove that -categories with coinductive equivalences form a terminal object in the -category of fixed points for enrichment, and that -categories with inductive equivalences form an initial object in the subcategory of locally presentable fixed points. To do so, we develop an analogue of Ad\'amek's construction of free endofunctor algebras in the -categorical setting. We prove that -categories with coinductive equivalences form a terminal coalgebra with respect to weak enrichment, and -categories with inductive equivalences form an initial algebra with respect to weak enrichment.
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@article{arxiv.2307.00442,
title = {Homotopy theories of $(\infty, \infty)$-categories as universal fixed points with respect to enrichment},
author = {Zach Goldthorpe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.00442},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
34 pages. Major revisions (errata identified by Simon Henry); it turns out almost all claims regarding omega-categories (with weakly coinductive equivalences) are incorrect. The results pertaining to the inductively-defined (\infty, \infty)-categories continue to hold after these revisions