# nLab equivalence of (infinity,1)-categories

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### Context

#### $(\infty,1)$-Category theory

(∞,1)-category theory

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## Definition

An (∞,1)-functor between (∞,1)-categories is an equivalence in (∞,1)Cat precisely if it is an essentially surjective (∞,1)-functor and a full and faithful (∞,1)-functor.

When (∞,1)-categories are presented by quasi-categories, an equivalence between them is presented by a weak equivalence in the model structure for quasi-categories.

## Properties

###### Lemma

An (∞,1)-functor $f : C \to D$ is an equivalence in (∞,1)Cat if the following equivalent conditions hold

###### Proof

The equivalence of the first three points is HTT, lemma 3.1.3.2.

Cisinki, theorem 3.9.2, shows the third point can be weakened to taking just $K = \Delta^0, \Delta^1$, so to show equivalence with the fourth point, it suffices to show the $K = \Delta^1$ case implies the $K = \Delta^0$ case.

Suppose that $f_* : Core(SSet(\Delta^1, C)) \to Core(SSet(\Delta^1, D))$ is an equivalence. For each object $d \in D_0$, there is an edge $\varphi : c \to c'$ in $C_1$ such that $f_*(\varphi) \simeq id_d$. This implies $f(c) \simeq d$ and thus $f_*(id_c) \simeq id_d$, and that $\varphi \simeq id_c$.

Thus, $f_*$ restricts to an equivalence between the subcomplexes consisting of the connected components of the identity morphisms. But for any quasi-category $X$, this subcomplex is $\Core(X)^{\Delta^1} \subseteq \Core(X^{\Delta^1})$, and the degeneracy $\Core(X) \to \Core(X)^{\Delta^1}$ is an equivalence. Thus, the induced map $Core(C) \to Core(D)$ is an equivalence.

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