Cauchy completeness for DG-categories

Branko Nikolić, Ross Street, Giacomo Tendas

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Abstract

We go back to the roots of enriched category theory and study categories enriched in chain complexes; that is, we deal with differential graded categories (DG-categories for short). In particular, we recall weighted colimits and provide examples. We solve the 50 year old question of how to characterize Cauchy complete DG-categories in terms of existence of some specific finite absolute colimits. As well as the interac-tions between absolute weighted colimits, we also examine the total complex of a chain complex in a DG-category as a non-absolute weighted colimit.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)940-963
Number of pages24
JournalTheory and Applications of Categories
Volume37
Issue number28
Publication statusPublished - 7 Aug 2021

Keywords

  • chain complex
  • suspension
  • mapping cone
  • differential graded algebra
  • Cauchy completion
  • DG-category
  • absolute colimit
  • total complex

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