Connected categories and connected limits

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Let $C$ be a category together with an equivalence relation $∼$ on the objects by $x ∼ y$ whenever there is a morphism $f: x \to y$.

  1. What does $(Ob(C)/∼) \cong 1$ mean? What kind of isomorphism is this?
  2. What does it mean for a category to have all small connected limits?
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First of all, note that this relation is in general not symmetric, so we have to take the equivalence relation generated by this relation. That is, $x\sim y$ if and only if there is a zigzag of morphisms $x\to x_1\leftarrow x_2\to \dots \leftarrow x_n \to y$ in $C$. Therefore, we can think of an equivalence class as a connected component of $C$; it's a bunch of objects which can be joined by a zigzag of morphisms. Consequently, if $\mathrm{Ob}(C)/{\sim} \cong 1$, meaning that there is precisely one equivalence class, it makes sense to call $C$ connected: There exists an object of $C$ and each pair of objects can be connected through a zigzag of morphisms.

Now, a connected limit is one where the indexing category is connected and a category has all connected limits if all such connected limits exist.