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I've seen it stated in the $\infty$-categorical literature (without proof or reference) that every object in the $\infty$-category $\operatorname{Fun}(\Delta^1, \mathcal{C})$ of morphisms in a stable $\infty$-category $\mathcal{C}$ is a geometric realization of arrows of the form $A \rightarrow A \oplus B$. I may be missing some assumptions, but those should be "mild". Why is this the case?

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Any map $f:A\to B$ fits in a cofiber sequence of arrows $(0\to A)\to (A\to A\oplus B)\to (A\to B)$

In other words, any map is a cofiber of split inclusions. But now cofibers (as any colimit, by the Bousfield-Kan formula) can be rewritten as geometric realizations of coproducts of the involved terms, and thus we can conclude (coproducts of split inclusions are clearly split inclusions).

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  • $\begingroup$ Maxime has suggested Corollary 12.3 of @article {MR4587313, AUTHOR = {Shah, Jay}, TITLE = {Parametrized higher category theory}, JOURNAL = {Algebr. Geom. Topol.}, FJOURNAL = {Algebraic \& Geometric Topology}, VOLUME = {23}, YEAR = {2023}, NUMBER = {2}, PAGES = {509--644}, ISSN = {1472-2747,1472-2739}, MRCLASS = {55U35 (55U10 55U40)}, MRNUMBER = {4587313}, DOI = {10.2140/agt.2023.23.509}, URL = {doi.org/10.2140/agt.2023.23.509}, } for a modern formulation of the Bousfield-Kan formula. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 4, 2023 at 14:06

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