# Kerodon

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Proposition 7.1.2.1. Let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an $\infty$-category containing an object $Y$, let $u: K \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a diagram, and let $\underline{Y}: K \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ denote the constant taking the value. Then:

• A natural transformation $\alpha : \underline{Y} \rightarrow u$ exhibits $Y$ as a limit of the diagram $u$ if and only if it is final when regarded as an object of the oriented fiber product $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{\vec{\times }}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) } \{ u\}$.

• A natural transformation $\beta : u \rightarrow \underline{Y}$ exhibits $Y$ as a colimit of the diagram $u$ if and only if it is initial when regarded as an object of the oriented fiber product $\{ u\} \operatorname{\vec{\times }}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) } \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$.

Proof. We will prove the first assertion; the second follows by a similar argument. Projection onto the first factor determines a right fibration $\theta : \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{\vec{\times }}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) } \{ u\} \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$. For each object $X \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, we can identify $\theta ^{-1}(X)$ with the morphism space $\operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{Fun}(K, \operatorname{\mathcal{C}})}( \underline{X}, u )$. Let

$\rho _{X}: \operatorname{Hom}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K, \operatorname{\mathcal{C}})}( \underline{Y}, u) \times \operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( X,Y) \rightarrow \operatorname{Hom}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) }( \underline{X}, u)$

be the parametrized contravariant transport map of Variant 5.2.8.6. Using Remark 5.2.8.5 and Proposition 5.2.8.7, we see that $\rho _{X}$ factors as a composition

\begin{eqnarray*} \operatorname{Hom}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K, \operatorname{\mathcal{C}})}( \underline{Y}, u) \times \operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( X,Y) & \rightarrow & \operatorname{Hom}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K, \operatorname{\mathcal{C}})}( \underline{Y}, u) \times \operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}})}( \underline{X}, \underline{Y} )\\ & \xrightarrow {\circ } & \operatorname{Hom}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) }( \underline{X}, u),\end{eqnarray*}

given on objects by the construction $( \alpha , f) \mapsto \alpha \circ \underline{f}$. It follows that a natural transformation $\alpha : \underline{Y} \rightarrow u$ exhibits $Y$ as a limit of $u$ if and only if, for every object $X \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the restriction $\rho _{X}|_{ \{ \alpha \} \times \operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}(X,Y) }$ is a homotopy equivalence of Kan complexes. By virtue of Proposition 5.6.6.22, this is equivalent to the requirement that $\alpha$ is final when regarded as an object of the $\infty$-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\operatorname{\vec{\times }}_{ \operatorname{Fun}(K,\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) } \{ u\}$. $\square$