compact object as filtered colimit and retract
Proposition
Let \(\mathcal{C}\) be an infinity category, \(\kappa\) a regular cardinal and \(c \in \mathcal{C}\) a kappa compact object.
Assume that \(c\) is a kappa filtered infinity colimit
for some \(s_i\)
Then \(c\) is a infinity retract of some \(s_j\)
Proof
apply the infinity homotopy category functor preserves filtered colimits, which reduces this to the \(1\)-categorical case
Hence we may asusme that \(\mathcal{C} = \mathrm{hocat}(\mathcal{C})\)
Then as \(c\) is \(\kappa\)-compact, we get the isomorphism
Then tracing the identity, we may find an element \(f: c \rightarrow s_i\) in some \(\mathrm{Hom}_{\mathcal{C}}(c,s_i)\).
This gives a retraction (todo)