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Density formula in small presheaves
I've been trying to write down a proof of Di Liberti's Kan lemma fortissimo on the existence of left Kan extensions, given as Lemma 3.3 in the nLab entry on Kan extensions. Let $F : \mathcal{A} \to \...
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Pointwise Kan extensions VS weighted limits
$\newcommand{\Dist}{\operatorname{Dist}} \newcommand{\Ran}{\operatorname{Ran}} \newcommand{\Lim}{\operatorname{Lim}}$
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Given a pointwise kan extension, how can we go from
$$ \Dist(B, C)(\phi_c \...
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Weighted limits and Kan extension in Dist
(noting $\otimes$ for composition in distributors, $\phi_f : A \nrightarrow B = B(-,f=)$ and $\phi^f : B \nrightarrow A = B(f-,=)$ the embeddings of a functor $f:A\to B$ in $Dist$, and $Dist(A,B) = [B^...
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Question about the proof of Kerodon tag 030V (Proposition 7.3.7.1)
$\require{AMScd}$
Related to this, I have a question about the proof given in Kerodon of the following result:
Proposition 7.3.7.1: Let $C$ be an $\infty$-category, let $\bar{F} : C^\rhd \to D$ be a ...
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How to understand adjoint functors?
I asked this same question on MathUnderflow two weeks ago but didn't receive any answer. Now that I am thinking more, it feels like the most suitable place for this question is here.
I have a good ...
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Is there such a thing as a weighted Kan extension?
The title pretty much sums it up.
More in detail. Let $C$, $D$ and $E$ be categories, let $F:C\to D$ and $G:C\to E$ be functors, and let $P:C^{op}\to \mathrm{Set}$ be a presheaf. The colimit of $F$ ...
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When do Kan extensions preserve colimits?
Assume that we have a pair of functors $Y:A \to B$ and $F:A \to C$ where $A$ is an essentially small category, $B,C$ are cocomplete categories and $Y,F$ preserve colimits. Assume also that for some ...
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About pointwise Kan extension
Suppose that you want to look at the left Kan extension of a functor $F : \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{A}$ along a functor $K : \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{B}$. It is widely known that if the colimit of the ...
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Limit as a pushout
In Categories for Working Mathematician, Mac Lane describe a cartesian product as a limit for a functor $F$ from a discrete category $|J|$ : Any cone from an object $Z$ to $F$, is a collection of ...
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When do Kan extensions preserve limits/colimits?
I'm guessing the answer to this question is well-known:
Suppose that $Y:C \to P$ and $F:C \to D$ are functors with $D$ cocomplete. Then one can define the point-wise Kan extension $\mathbf{Lan}_Y\...
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