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grothendieck construction for profunctors

Given categories $X$ and $Y$ and a strong functor $$D:X^{op}\times Y\to Cat$$ we can of course build the oplax colimit $$\mathrm{colim}^{oplax}_{X^{op}\times Y}D$$ via the usua …
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Composition of Cat-valued distributors - compatible with grothendieck construction?

Let $C$ be a category and $F\in[C^{op}, Cat]$ be a strong functor. (1) There are functors $$hom_C(c',c)\times F(c)\to F(c').$$ (2) The grothendieck construction gives a 2-equval …
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Strong colimits of categories.

Let $\mathcal C$ be a category and let $\mathcal F:\mathcal C\to\mathcal C\textrm{at}$ be a strong bifunctor. Given another category $\mathcal D$, let $\triangle_{\mathcal D}$ deno …
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Reference request: 2-Grothendieck Construction

Hi Folks, i'm looking for a reference on the 2-grothendieck construction for a functor $F:\mathcal{I}\to \mathcal{B}\mathrm{icat}$ from a bicategory $\mathcal{I}$ to the tricatego …