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Limits of $(\infty, 1)$-categories with structure and their lax morphisms

Category Theory 2025-05-22 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

Riehl and Verity have established that for a quasi-category AA that admits limits, and a homotopy coherent monad on AA which does not preserve limits, the Eilenberg-Moore object still admits limits; this can be interpreted as a completeness result involving lax morphisms. We generalise their result to different models for (,1)(\infty, 1)-categories, with an abundant variety of structures. For instance, (,1)(\infty, 1)-categories with limits, Cartesian fibrations between (,1)(\infty, 1)-categories, and adjunctions between (,1)(\infty, 1)-categories. In addition, we show that these (,1)(\infty, 1)-categories with structure in fact possess an important class of limits of lax morphisms, including \infty-categorical versions of inserters and equifiers, when only one morphism in the diagram is required to be structure-preserving. Our approach provides a minimal requirement and a transparent explanation for several kinds of limits of (,1)(\infty, 1)-categories and their lax morphisms to exist.

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@article{arxiv.2505.15598,
  title  = {Limits of $(\infty, 1)$-categories with structure and their lax morphisms},
  author = {Joanna Ko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.15598},
  year   = {2025}
}

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56 pages