The gaunt-colimit characterization of flagged higher categories

Let Catn\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n denote the category of flagged higher categories, let fCatn\operatorname{{\sf fCat}}_n be the category of flagged higher categories, and let PShv(Catn)\operatorname{PShv}(\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n) denote presheaves on Catn\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n. A gaunt colimit diagram is a functor JCatn\mathcal J^{\operatorname{\triangleright}}\to\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n such that, for every 0in0\leq i\leq n, its composite with CatnCati\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n\to\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_i is a colimit diagram. The restricted Yoneda functor is fully faithful, with image consisting precisely of those presheaves that carry the opposites of gaunt colimit diagrams to limit diagrams.

Gaunt-colimit characterization. The restricted Yoneda functor

fCatnPShv(Catn)\operatorname{{\sf fCat}}_n\longrightarrow\operatorname{PShv}(\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n)

is fully faithful, and its image consists of exactly those presheaves that carry the opposites of gaunt colimit diagrams to limit diagrams.

This conjecture proposes an intrinsic characterization of flagged higher categories among presheaves on Catn\operatorname{{\sf Cat}}_n, with gaunt colimits encoding colimits that do not generate invertible morphisms. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture is known or remains open.

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David Ayala and John Francis, “Flagged higher categories”, arXiv:1801.08973 (2018).

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