Marked colimits in the infinity-bicategory of infinity-categories

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Let C ⁣at⁡∞\mathfrak{C}\!\operatorname{at}_{\infty} denote the ∞\infty-bicategory of ∞\infty-categories. For a marked simplicial set XX, write X♭X^\flat and X♯X^\sharp for the corresponding minimally and maximally marked simplicial sets, and regard functors into Cat⁡∞\operatorname{Cat}_\infty as functors into C ⁣at⁡∞\mathfrak{C}\!\operatorname{at}_{\infty}.

Special-cases conjecture. In C ⁣at⁡∞\mathfrak{C}\!\operatorname{at}_{\infty}, the marked (∞,2)(\infty,2)-colimit of F:X♭→C ⁣at⁡∞F:X^\flat\to\mathfrak{C}\!\operatorname{at}_{\infty} coincides with the lax ∞\infty-colimit of the underlying functor of FF, while the marked (∞,2)(\infty,2)-colimit of F:X♯→Cat⁡∞→C ⁣at⁡∞F:X^\sharp\to\operatorname{Cat}_\infty\to\mathfrak{C}\!\operatorname{at}_{\infty} coincides with the (∞,1)(\infty,1)-colimit.

These expected identifications connect marked (∞,2)(\infty,2)-colimits with familiar lax and (∞,1)(\infty,1)-categorical colimits. They are presented as special cases suggesting the broader theory, whose existence and rigorous foundations remain under development.

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Fernando Abellán García and Walker H. Stern, “Theorem A for marked 2-categories”, arXiv:2002.12817 (2020).

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