collection of generators in an infinity category
Definition
Let \(\mathcal{C}\) be a locally small infinity category, \(S \subseteq \mathcal{C}_0\) a collection of objects.
Then \(S\) is said to be a generator of \(\mathcal{C}\), if for any \(f: c \rightarrow d\) TFAE:
- \(f_*: \mathrm{map}_{\mathcal{C}}(s,c) \rightarrow \mathrm{map}_{\mathcal{C}}(s,d)\) is an equivalence for each \(s \in S\)
- \(f: c \rightarrow d\) is an equivalence
under set theoretic assumptions, e.g. \(S\) is small for in the universe with respect to \(\mathrm{An}\), this amounts to:
is a conservative