A category of sections is assembled from the fibers of a cartesian or cocartesian fibration. Its limits and colimits are therefore often computed fiberwise, but the required hypotheses depend on the variance. Colimits of sections of a cocartesian fibration require cocartesian transport to preserve the colimits in question, whereas limits require no preservation hypothesis. Dually, limits of sections of a cartesian fibration require preservation by cartesian transport, whereas colimits do not. The following proposition records all four cases. It is used in the analysis of filtered limits of topoi in Section 4.3.
Let \(K\) and \(I\) be categories, let \(F\colon I\to\Cat\), and let \(G\colon I\catop\to\Cat\). Write
for the associated cocartesian and cartesian fibrations, respectively.
Suppose that every \(F(i)\) admits \(K\)-indexed colimits and that every cocartesian transport functor \(\alpha_!\colon F(i)\to F(j)\) preserves them. Then \(\Gamma_I(p)\) admits \(K\)-indexed colimits.
Suppose that every \(F(i)\) admits \(K\)-indexed limits. Then \(\Gamma_I(p)\) admits \(K\)-indexed limits.
Suppose that every \(G(i)\) admits \(K\)-indexed limits and that every cartesian transport functor \(\alpha^*\colon G(j)\to G(i)\) preserves them. Then \(\Gamma_I(q)\) admits \(K\)-indexed limits.
Suppose that every \(G(i)\) admits \(K\)-indexed colimits. Then \(\Gamma_I(q)\) admits \(K\)-indexed colimits.
In every case, the indicated limits or colimits are computed pointwise. In particular, all evaluation functors preserve them.
Proof
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References
- Jacob Lurie. Higher topos theory. Ann. Math. Stud. 170, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2009.