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Abstract
In this paper we construct an analogue of Lurie’s “unstraightening” construction that we refer to as the comprehension construction. Its input is a cocartesian fibration p: E ↠ B between ∞-categories together with a third ∞-category A. The comprehension construction then defines a map from the quasi-category of functors from A to B to the large quasi-category of cocartesian fibrations over A that acts on f : A → B by forming the pullback of p along f. To illustrate the versatility of this construction, we define the covariant and contravariant Yoneda embeddings as special cases of the comprehension functor. We then prove that the hom-wise action of the comprehension functor coincides with an “external action” of the hom-spaces of B on the fibres of p and use this to prove that the Yoneda embedding is fully faithful, providing an explicit equivalence between a quasi-category and the homotopy coherent nerve of a Kan-complex enriched category.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 116-190 |
Number of pages | 75 |
Journal | Higher Structures |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2018. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- ∞-categories
- straightening
- unstraightening
- comprehension
- Yoneda embedding
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Monoidal categories and beyond: new contexts and new applications
Street, R., Verity, D., Lack, S., Garner, R. & MQRES Inter Tuition Fee only, M. I. T. F. O.
30/06/16 → 17/06/19
Project: Research