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9.2.9 Compactness in $\infty $-Categories of Sections

Let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a simplicial set and let $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ be an $\infty $-category which is given as the limit of an $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$-indexed diagram $\{ \operatorname{\mathcal{D}}_{C} \} _{C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}$. If each of the $\infty $-categories $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}_{C}$ admits small filtered colimits and each of the transition functors $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}_{C} \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{D}}_{C'}$ preserves small filtered colimits, then the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ also admits small filtered colimits, which are computed levelwise (see Proposition 7.6.6.27). The goal in this section is to formulate a criterion which can be used to establish the compactness of an object $D \in \operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$. Our main result asserts that, if the simplicial set $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is finite, then it is sufficient to assume that the image of $D$ in each $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}_{C}$ is compact. This is a special case of the following:

Proposition 9.2.9.1. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ and $\mu $ be regular cardinals, where $\mu $ is uncountable. Let $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ be the limit of a $\kappa $-small diagram

\[ \mathscr {F}: \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{QC}}^{(\kappa ,\lambda )-\mathrm{ccomp}}_{< \mu } \quad \quad (C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) \mapsto \mathscr {F}(C). \]

Let $D \in \operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ be an object having the property that, for each $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the image of $D$ in $\mathscr {F}(C)$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact. Then $D$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact.

Corollary 9.2.9.2. Let $\mu $ be an uncountable cardinal and let $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ be the limit of a finite diagram

\[ \mathscr {F}: \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{QC}}_{< \mu } \quad \quad (C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) \mapsto \mathscr {F}(C) \]

satisfying the following conditions:

$(1)$

For each vertex $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the $\infty $-category $\mathscr {F}(C)$ admits small filtered colimits.

$(2)$

For each edge $e: C \rightarrow C'$ of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the functor $\mathscr {F}(e): \mathscr {F}(C) \rightarrow \mathscr {F}(C)$ is finitary.

Let $D$ be an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$. If the image of $D$ in each $\mathscr {F}(C)$ is compact, then $C$ is compact.

Proof. Apply Proposition 9.2.9.1 in the special case where $\kappa = \aleph _0$ and $\lambda = \operatorname{\Omega }$ is a fixed strongly inaccessible cardinal. $\square$

Warning 9.2.9.3. The converse of Corollary 9.2.9.2 is false in general: that is, the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ might have compact objects which do not have compact image in each $\mathscr {F}(C)$. For example, let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}= \Delta ^1 / \operatorname{\partial \Delta }^1$ be the simplicial circle and let $\mathscr {F}$ be the constant functor whose value is (the nerve of) the category of abelian groups. In this case, we can identify $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}= \varprojlim (\mathscr {F} )$ with (the nerve of) the category of pairs $(M, u)$, where $M$ is an abelian group and $u: M \xrightarrow {\sim } M$ is an automorphism of $M$. In this case, $(M,u)$ is a compact object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ if and only if $M$ is finitely generated as a module over the Laurent polynomial ring $\operatorname{\mathbf{Z}}[u^{\pm 1} ]$. This condition does not guarantee that $M$ is finitely generated as an abelian group (compare with Warning 9.2.8.10).

In the situation of Proposition 9.2.9.1, we can regard $\mathscr {F}$ as the covariant transport representation of a cocartesian fibration $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$. In this case, the limit $\varprojlim (\mathscr {F} )$ can be identified with the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}^{\operatorname{CCart}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ of cocartesian sections of $U$ (Proposition 7.4.4.1). We will deduce Proposition 9.2.9.1 from a more general result (Proposition 9.2.9.16), which applies to a much larger class of fibrations.

Definition 9.2.9.4. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an inner fibration of simplicial sets. We will say that $U$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete if, for every $n$-simplex $\sigma : \Delta ^ n \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the fiber product $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{\sigma } = \Delta ^ n \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete $\infty $-category (in the sense of Definition 9.2.1.3).

Variant 9.2.9.5. Let $\kappa $ be a regular cardinal and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an inner fibration of simplicial sets. We say that $U$ is $\kappa $-sequentially cocomplete if, for every $n$-simplex $\sigma : \Delta ^ n \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the fiber product $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{\sigma } = \Delta ^ n \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is a $\kappa $-sequentially cocomplete $\infty $-category (Definition 9.2.3.1). In other words, the inner fibration $U$ is $\kappa $-sequentially cocomplete if and only if it is $(\kappa , \kappa ^{+})$-cocomplete (in the sense of Definition 9.2.9.4); see Proposition 9.2.3.6.

Example 9.2.9.6. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals. Then an $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete (in the sense of Definition 9.2.1.3) if and only if the projection map $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \Delta ^0$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration (in the sense of Definition 9.2.9.4).

Proposition 9.2.9.7. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an inner fibration of simplicial sets. The following conditions are equivalent:

$(1)$

The inner fibration $U$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete (in the sense of Definition 9.2.9.4).

$(2)$

For every edge $\sigma : \Delta ^1 \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{\sigma } = \Delta ^1 \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete.

$(3)$

For every vertex $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} = \{ C\} \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete. Moreover, if $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}$ is a $\lambda $-small $\kappa $-filtered $\infty $-category, then every colimit diagram $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}^{\triangleright } \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ is an edgewise $U$-colimit diagram (see Definition 7.1.7.9).

Proof. The implication $(1) \Rightarrow (2)$ is immediate from the definition. We next show that $(2) \Rightarrow (3)$. Assume that condition $(2)$ is satisfied. For each vertex $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, we can apply condition $(2)$ to the degenerate edge $\operatorname{id}_{C}$ to guarantee that the $\infty $-category $\Delta ^1 \times \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete. It follows immediately that the factor $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ is also $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete (see Example 7.1.3.11): that is, every $\lambda $-small $\kappa $-filtered diagram $F: \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ can be extended to a colimit diagram $\overline{F}: \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}^{\triangleright } \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$. We wish to show that in this case, $\overline{F}$ is an edgewise $U$-colimit diagram. To prove this, we may assume without loss of generality that $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}= \Delta ^1$ and that $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is the initial vertex. In this case, condition $(2)$ guarantees that the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete, so that $f$ extends to a colimit diagram $\overline{F}': \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}^{\triangleright } \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$. Let us identify $\overline{F}$ and $\overline{F}'$ with objects $X,X' \in \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{F/}$. Our assumption that $\overline{F}'$ is a colimit diagram guarantees that $X'$ is an initial object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{F/}$, so that there exists a morphism $X' \rightarrow X$. Then $\overline{F}'$ factors through the full subcategory $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} \subseteq \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$, and is therefore also a colimit diagram in $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$. It follows that $\overline{F}$ is isomorphic to $\overline{F}'$ (as an object of the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}( \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}^{\triangleright }, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} ) \subseteq \operatorname{Fun}( \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}^{\triangleright }, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$), and is therefore also a colimit diagram in $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$.

We now complete the proof by showing that $(3) \Rightarrow (1)$. Assume that condition $(3)$ is satisfied; we wish to show that for every $n$-simplex $\sigma : \Delta ^ n \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the fiber product $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{\sigma } = \Delta ^ n \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete. Replacing $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ by $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{\sigma }$, we may assume without loss of generality that $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}= \Delta ^ n$ is a standard simplex; in this case, we wish to show that the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete. Let $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}$ be an $\infty $-category which is $\lambda $-small and $\kappa $-filtered; we must show that every diagram $F: \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ admits a colimit. For $0 \leq i \leq n$, let $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}_{i} \subseteq \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}$ be the full subcategory spanned by those objects $K$ satisfying $(U \circ F)(X) = i$. Since $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}$ is nonempty, there is some largest integer $0 \leq i \leq n$ for which $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}_{i}$ is nonempty. Applying Corollary 9.1.5.17, we see that $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}_ i$ is $\kappa $-filtered and the inclusion $\operatorname{\mathcal{K}}_ i \hookrightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}$ is right cofinal. Using Corollary 7.2.2.10, we can replace $F$ by $F|_{ \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}_{i} }$ and thereby reduce to the case where the diagram $F$ takes values in the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{i}$. In this case, assumption $(3)$ guarantees that $F$ can be extended to a colimit diagram $\overline{F}: \operatorname{\mathcal{K}}^{\triangleright } \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{i}$ which is also a $U$-colimit diagram in the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ (Proposition 7.1.7.14). Since $U \circ \overline{F}$ is a colimit diagram in the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}= \Delta ^ n$, it follows that $\overline{F}$ is also a colimit diagram in the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ (Corollary 7.1.6.12). $\square$

Remark 9.2.9.8. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $\mathbb {K}$ be the collection of all $\lambda $-small $\kappa $-filtered $\infty $-categories. Proposition 9.2.9.7 asserts that an inner fibration $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete (in the sense of Definition 9.2.9.4) if and only if it is $\mathbb {K}$-cocomplete (in the sense of Definition 7.6.6.20). In particular:

  • If $U$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete, then each fiber $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} = \{ C\} \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete $\infty $-category (Example 7.6.6.31). The converse holds if $U$ is a locally cartesian fibration, but not in general (Example 7.6.6.30).

  • If $U$ is a locally cocartesian fibration, then it is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete if and only if each fiber $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete $\infty $-category and the covariant transport functor $e_{!}: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C'}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary, for each edge $e: C \rightarrow C'$ of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ (see Example 7.6.6.32).

  • If $U$ is an essentially $\mu $-small cocartesian fibration, then it is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete if and only if the covariant transport representation $\operatorname{Tr}_{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}/\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}: \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{QC}}_{< \mu }$ factors through the subcategory $\operatorname{\mathcal{QC}}^{(\kappa ,\lambda )-\mathrm{ccomp}}_{< \mu }$ of Notation 9.2.2.14 (Example 7.6.6.33).

Remark 9.2.9.9. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an isofibration of $\infty $-categories. If the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete and the $U$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary functor, then $U$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete as an inner fibration (Example 7.6.6.36). The converse holds if the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete and $U$ is a cocartesian fibration (Proposition 7.6.6.40).

Example 9.2.9.10. Let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be an inner fibration of simplicial sets. If $U$ is either a left fibration or a right fibration, then it is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete for every pair of regular cardinals $\kappa \leq \lambda $. This follows by combining Remark 9.2.9.8 with Example 9.2.1.6 (together with Example 9.2.2.11 in the case of left fibrations).

Remark 9.2.9.11. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and suppose we are given a pullback diagram of simplicial sets

\[ \xymatrix@R =50pt@C=50pt{ \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}' \ar [r] \ar [d]^{U'} & \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\ar [d]^{U} \\ \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}' \ar [r] & \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}. } \]

If $U$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration, then $U'$ is also a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration.

Remark 9.2.9.12. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration of simplicial sets. Then the $\infty $-category of sections $\operatorname{Fun}_{/\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete. Moreover, for every object $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the evaluation functor $\operatorname{ev}_{C}: \operatorname{Fun}_{/\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \{ C\} , \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) = \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary. By virtue of Remark 9.2.9.8, this is a special case of Corollary 7.1.10.4.

Remark 9.2.9.13. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ be an $\infty $-category equipped with a functor $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \Delta ^ n$. The following conditions are equivalent:

$(1)$

The inner fibration $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \Delta ^ n$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete, in the sense of Definition 9.2.9.4.

$(2)$

For $0 \leq i \leq n$, the fiber $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_ i = U^{-1} \{ i\} $ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete, and the inclusion functor $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_ i \hookrightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary.

$(3)$

The $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete and each of the full subcategories $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{i} \subseteq \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is closed under the formation of $\lambda $-small $\kappa $-filtered colimits.

If these conditions are satisfied, then a functor $F: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}'$ is $(\kappa , \lambda )$-finitary if and only if the restriction $F|_{ \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{i} }: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_ i \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}'$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary for $0 \leq i \leq n$.

Proposition 9.2.9.14. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ be an $\infty $-category equipped with a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \Delta ^1$. Let $f: X \rightarrow Y$ be a morphism in $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$, where $U(X) = 0$ and $U(Y) = 1$. If $X$ and $Y$ are $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact objects of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$, then $f$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \Delta ^1 }( \Delta ^1, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$.

Proof. The $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \Delta ^1}( \Delta ^1, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ can be identified with the oriented fiber product $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_0 \vec{\times }_{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_1$. The desired result now follows from Proposition 9.2.8.3. $\square$

Warning 9.2.9.15. Let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \Delta ^1$ be as in Proposition 9.2.9.14 and let $X$ be an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$. If $U(X) = 1$, then $X$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ if and only if it is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{1}$. If $U(X) = 0$, the analogous statement is not necessarily true. In this case, Remark 9.2.9.13 shows that $X$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact as an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ if and only if it is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact as an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_0$ and satisfies the following additional condition:

$(\star )$

The functor

\[ \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_1 \hookrightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\xrightarrow { \operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}(X, \bullet ) } \operatorname{\mathcal{S}}_{< \mu } \]

is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary. Here $\mu \geq \lambda $ is any infinite cardinal of cofinality $\geq \lambda $ for which $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ is locally $\mu $-small (so that the corepresentable functor $\operatorname{Hom}_{\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}}(X, \bullet ): \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{S}}_{< \mu }$ is well-defined).

Note that condition $(\star )$ is automatic in either of the following situations:

  • The functor $U$ is a cartesian fibration and the contravariant transport functor $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_1 \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_0$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary.

  • There exists a $U$-cocartesian morphism $f: X \rightarrow Y$, where $Y$ is a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_1$.

We now prove a generalization of Proposition 9.2.9.14 which applies to inner fibrations over more general bases.

Proposition 9.2.9.16. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration of simplicial sets. Let $F: \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$ be a section of $U$ satisfying the following condition:

$(\ast )$

For every edge $e: C \rightarrow C'$ of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the image $F(C)$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the $\infty $-category $\Delta ^1 \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$.

If the simplicial set $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is $\kappa $-small, then $F$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$.

Warning 9.2.9.17. In the formulation of Proposition 9.2.9.16, we generally cannot replace $(\ast )$ by the following weaker condition:

$(\ast _0)$

For each vertex $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the image $F(C)$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} = \{ C\} \times _{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}} \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$.

However, condition $(\ast _0)$ does imply condition $(\ast )$ under either of the following additional assumptions:

  • The inner fibration $U$ is locally cartesian. Moreover, for every edge $e: C \rightarrow C'$ of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the contravariant transport functor $e^{\ast }: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C'} \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary.

  • For every edge $e: C \rightarrow C'$ of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, the image $F(C) \rightarrow F(C')$ is a locally $U$-cocartesian edge of $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}$.

See Warning 9.2.9.15.

Example 9.2.9.18. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals, let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete $\infty $-category. For every simplicial set $K$, we can identify $\operatorname{Fun}(K, \operatorname{\mathcal{C}})$ with the $\infty $-category of sections of the $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete inner fibration $K \times \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow K$. In this case, Proposition 9.2.9.16 recovers the conclusion of Proposition 9.2.8.9: if $K$ is $\kappa $-small, then any diagram of $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact objects of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of $\operatorname{Fun}(K, \operatorname{\mathcal{C}})$.

Proof of Proposition 9.2.9.16. We proceed as in the proof of Proposition 9.2.8.9. For every morphism of simplicial sets $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}' \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, Remark 9.2.9.12 guarantees that the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}', \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete, and that the evaluation functors $\operatorname{ev}_{C}: \operatorname{Fun}_{ /\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}', \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_ C$ are $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary for each $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$. Let us say that $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ is good if the restriction $F|_{\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'}$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}', \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$. We will complete the proof by showing that if $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ is $\kappa $-small, then $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ is good.

Note that $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}', \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ can be realized as the inverse limit of a tower of $\infty $-categories

\[ \cdots \rightarrow \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{sk}_{2}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'), \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{sk}_{1}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'), \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{sk}_{0}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'), \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}), \]

where the transition maps are isofibrations (Corollary 4.4.5.12). Each of the $\infty $-categories appearing in this tower is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete and each of the transition functors is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary. It will therefore suffice to show that each of the skeleta $\operatorname{sk}_{n}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}')$ is good: this is immediate if $\kappa = \aleph _0$ (the assumption that $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ is finite guarantees that it coincides with $\operatorname{sk}_{n}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}')$ for $n \gg 0$), and follows from Corollary 9.2.8.7 when $\kappa > \aleph _0$. We may therefore replace $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ by $\operatorname{sk}_{n}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}')$ and thereby reduce to the case where the simplicial set $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ has dimension $\leq n$, for some integer $n \geq -1$.

We now proceed by induction on $n$. If $n = -1$, then the simplicial set $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ is empty and the result is clear. Otherwise, let $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'' = \operatorname{sk}_{n-1}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}')$ be the $(n-1)$-skeleton of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'$ and let $S$ be the collection of all nondegenerate $n$-simplices of $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$. Applying Proposition 1.1.4.12, we obtain a pullback diagram of $\infty $-categories

\[ \xymatrix@R =50pt@C=50pt{ \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}', \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \ar [r] \ar [d] & \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}'', \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \ar [d] \\ \prod _{\sigma \in S} \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \Delta ^ n, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \ar [r] & \prod _{\sigma \in S} \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\partial \Delta }^ n, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}). } \]

Since the horizontal maps in this diagram are isofibrations (Corollary 4.4.5.12), it is also a categorical pullback square (Corollary 4.5.2.28). Moreover, each of the $\infty $-categories in the diagram is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete of the transition functors is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-finitary. Combining our inductive hypothesis with Corollary 9.2.8.5 and Proposition 9.2.8.6, we can reduce to the case where $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}' = \Delta ^ n$ is a standard simplex.

If $n = 0$, then the map $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}' \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ can be identified with a vertex $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$, and the desired result follows from the observation that $F(C)$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ (this is a special case of assumption $(\ast )$, applied to the degenerate edge $\operatorname{id}_{C}: C \rightarrow C$). If $n = 1$, then the desired result is a reformulation of Proposition 9.2.9.14. We may therefore assume that $n \geq 2$. Let $\operatorname{Spine}[n] \subseteq \Delta ^ n$ be as in Example 1.5.7.7. The inclusion $\operatorname{Spine}[n] \hookrightarrow \Delta ^ n$ is inner anodyne and therefore induces a trivial Kan fibration $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \Delta ^ n, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{Spine}[n], \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$. Consequently, to show that $\Delta ^ n$ is good, it will suffice to show that $\operatorname{Spine}[n]$ is good. This follows from our inductive hypothesis, since the simplicial set $\operatorname{Spine}[n]$ has dimension $1$. $\square$

Corollary 9.2.9.19. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ be regular cardinals and let $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ be a cocartesian fibration of simplicial sets which is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete. Let $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}^{\operatorname{CCart}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ denote the $\infty $-category of cocartesian sections of $U$ (Notation 5.3.1.10), and let $F \in \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}^{\operatorname{CCart}}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ be an object which carries each vertex $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ to a $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact object $F(C) \in \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$. If $\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ is $\kappa $-small, then $F$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}^{\operatorname{CCart}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$.

Proof. It follows from Corollary None that the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ admits $\lambda $-small $\kappa $-filtered colimits, which are preserved by the evaluation functors $\operatorname{Fun}_{ /\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C}$ for $C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$. Using Remark 9.2.9.8 we see that the full subcategory $\operatorname{Fun}^{\operatorname{CCart}}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \subseteq \operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ is closed under the formation of $\lambda $-small $\kappa $-filtered colimits. Consequently, to show that $F$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact as an object of $\operatorname{Fun}^{\operatorname{CCart}}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$, it will suffice to show that it is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact when viewed as an object of the larger $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ /\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$. This follows from Proposition 9.2.9.16 (together with Warning 9.2.9.17). $\square$

Proof of Proposition 9.2.9.1. Let $\kappa \leq \lambda $ and $\mu $ be regular cardinals, where $\mu $ is uncountable, and let $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ be the limit of a $\kappa $-small diagram

\[ \mathscr {F}: \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{QC}}^{(\kappa ,\lambda )-\mathrm{ccomp}}_{< \mu } \quad \quad (C \in \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}) \mapsto \mathscr {F}(C) \]

Then $\mathscr {F}$ is the covariant transport representation of a cocartesian fibration $U: \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}\rightarrow \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}$ which is essentially $\mu $-small and $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-cocomplete (Example 7.6.6.33). Using Proposition 7.4.4.1, we can identify $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ with the $\infty $-category $\operatorname{Fun}_{ / \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}^{\operatorname{CCart}}( \operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}})$ of cocartesian sections of $U$. Under this identification, each of the projection maps $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}\rightarrow \mathscr {F}(C)$ corresponds to the functor

\[ \operatorname{ev}_{C}: \operatorname{Fun}_{ /\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}^{\operatorname{CCart}}(\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}, \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) \rightarrow \operatorname{Fun}_{/\operatorname{\mathcal{C}}}( \{ C \} , \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}) = \operatorname{\mathcal{E}}_{C} \]

given by evaluation at $C$. Applying Corollary 9.2.9.19, we see that if an object $D \in \operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$ has $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact image in each $\mathscr {F}(C)$, then $D$ is $(\kappa ,\lambda )$-compact as an object of $\operatorname{\mathcal{D}}$. $\square$