- Homotopy Limits and Homotopy Colimits of Chain Complexes We prove that the homotopy limits and homotopy colimits of chain complexes can be computed by the cobar and bar constructions. We also show that the totalizations of double complexes compute the homotopy limits and homotopy colimits of simplicial and cosimplicial chain complexes. 1 authors · Sep 29, 2023