On the straightening of every functor
Category Theory
2025-10-14 v3 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
We show that any functor between -categories can be straightened. More precisely, we show that for any -category , there is an equivalence between the -category of -categories over and the -category of unital lax functors from to the double -category of correspondences. The proof relies on a certain universal property of the Morita category which is of independent interest.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2408.16539,
title = {On the straightening of every functor},
author = {Thomas Blom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.16539},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
v3: Made appendix into separate part of paper and added full details for the proof of Theorem B. v2: Added section 8 on comparison to other straightening equivalences, updated references, fixed typos. 28 pages. Comments welcome!