Proof.By A.2.4.2.7, the opposite of a symmetric monoidal -category
acquires a symmetric monoidal structure, which is Cartesian if and
only if the original symmetric monoidal -category is coCartesian.
Hence, it is enough to prove (2). The unit object
has a unique map from the initial object . Since
is both symmetric monoidal and preserves finite coproducts, is the unique map from the initial object to the unit object of , which is an equivalence by assumption. Since the collection of
is jointly conservative, it follows that the unit of
is initial in as well. Namely,
is unital as an -operad. Using 2.2.3
we have a map of -operads , which is an equivalence on the underlying -categories. We
need to show that this map is symmetric monoidal. Namely, that it
maps coCartesian edges (over ) to coCartesian edges. Since
we already know that it is a map of -operads and hence preserves
inert morphisms, we only need to show that active coCartesian edges
map to coCartesian edges. Using the Segal conditions, we are further
reduced to considering only coCartesian lifts of the unique active
morphism .
For every collection of objects , let
be a coCartesian lift of to . Since
is an equivalence on the underlying -categories,
can be considered as a map
in . Now, let
be a coCartesian lift of to . There
exists a unique (up to homotopy) map
such that .
We need to show that is an equivalence in
for all .
For every , we have a homotopy commutative diagram
in which the vertical and bottom maps are symmetric monoidal.
It follows that is
an equivalence in for all . By joint
conservativity, is an equivalence as well.
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