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On lax limits in infinity categories

Category Theory 2020-06-22 v1

Abstract

We introduce partially lax limits of infinity-categories, which interpolate between ordinary limits and lax limits. Most naturally occurring examples of lax limits are only partially lax; we give examples arising from enriched categories and operads. Our main result is a formula for partially lax limits and colimits in terms of the Grothendieck construction. This generalizes a formula of Lurie for ordinary limits and of Gepner-Haugseng-Nikolaus for fully lax limits.

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@article{arxiv.2006.10851,
  title  = {On lax limits in infinity categories},
  author = {John D. Berman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.10851},
  year   = {2020}
}

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13 pages, comments welcome

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