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For questions involving one or more categorical dimensions, or involving homotopy coherent categorical structures.

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The $(\infty, 1)$-category of all topological spaces, including the bad ones

[Edit: Corrected some false claims and modified questions accordingly.] Let $\mathcal{S}$ be the cocomplete $(\infty, 1)$-category generated by a point. This is conventionally known as the $(\infty, 1 …
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How to formulate the univalence axiom without universes?

The standard formulation of the univalence axiom for a universe type $U$ is that, for all $X : U$ and $Y : U$, the canonical map $(X =_U Y) \to (X \simeq Y)$ is an equivalence. As we (usually) cannot …
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Is there a good general definition of "sheaves with values in a category"?

Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a category. There is a common definition of "sheaves with values in $\mathcal{A}$", which is what one obtains by taking the Grothendieck-style definition of "sheaf of sets" (i.e. …
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Decomposing a (co)limit by decomposing the indexing diagram

I assume $\varinjlim_{j : \mathcal{J}} \mathcal{I}_j = \mathcal{I}$ is meant in the strict sense of 1-categories. Since $\textbf{Cat}$ is cartesian closed, $$\textstyle [\mathcal{I}, \mathcal{C}] \con …
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What is descent data (of higher categories), conceptually?

The category of descent data is indeed the homotopy limit of your cosimplicial diagram. In the case where $\mathcal{F}$ actually is fibred in categories (and not higher categories), then you can trunc …
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A model category of abelian categories?

Let $\mathcal{M}$ be the following category: The objects are small abelian categories with chosen zero object, biproducts, kernels, and cokernels. The morphisms are functors that preserve the struct …
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Difference between coherent nerve of simplical model category and simplicial category

We can detect the difference between the two constructions using the homotopy category. Given any simplicially enriched category $\mathcal{C}$, we can construct an ordinary category $\pi_0 [\mathcal{C …
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Categories of spans from categories of fibrant objects

Yes, one can use functorial factorisation (of weak equivalences with a fixed codomain) to show that two categories of spans are homotopy equivalent is correct. Actually, the only subtle point I am a …
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What's an initial object in a poset-enriched category?

There are several possible definitions of initial object in a 2-category $\mathfrak{K}$; which one is appropriate depends on your applications. A 2-category has an underlying ordinary category, so we …
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Homotopy limit of a cosimplicial category

I will answer the title question about computing homotopy limits. Let $A : \mathcal{C} \to \mathbf{Cat}$ be a small (strict) diagram. By expanding the definitions of the cobar construction, one eventu …
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Are topoi and etale geometric morphisms locally small?

There is only a set of isomorphism classes of étale geometric morphisms between any two Grothendieck toposes. In fact, the same is true for essential geometric morphisms. Recall that Grothendieck top …
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The state of the art in the rectification of homotopy-coherent structures

My question concerns rectification theorems for homotopy-coherent structures. As the meaning of this may be unclear, let me list a few examples of what I am thinking of: Cordier and Porter proved a …
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The category theory of $(\infty, 1)$-categories

There are many proposed models for the theory of $(\infty, 1)$-categories and it has now been shown that many of these theories have Quillen-equivalent model categories, i.e. that they are equivalent …
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Are there non-categorical notions in topos theory?

There is a Grothendieck topos $\textbf{Set}[\mathbb{O}]$ with the following universal property: for all Grothendieck toposes $\mathcal{E}$, the category $\textbf{Geom}(\mathcal{E}, \textbf{Set}[\mathb …
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