⎯ΘωΘ⟶<p>Recall that a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/colimit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>colimit</span></a> of a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/diagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>diagram</span></a> in a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/category" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>category</span></a> C, that is, of a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/functor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>functor</span></a> F:J→C, is <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/given" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>given</span></a> by a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/universal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>universal</span></a> [[<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/cocone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cocone</span></a>]] for F. A [[<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/co" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>co</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/cone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cone</span></a>]] for F is a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/natural" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>natural</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transformation</span></a> from F to a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/constant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>constant</span></a> diagram,</p><p>Δ(c)=(J→1→cC),</p><p>so that a cocone for F is an <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/object" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>object</span></a> of a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/comma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>comma</span></a> category,</p><p>F↓Δ,</p><p>where Δ:C1→CJ is the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/diagonal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>diagonal</span></a> functor <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/obtained" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>obtained</span></a> by <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/pulling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pulling</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/back" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>back</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/along" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>along</span></a> the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/unique" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unique</span></a> functor J→1. A universal cocone is <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/simply" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>simply</span></a> an <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/initial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>initial</span></a> object of F↓Δ.</p>