Commutation of limits and colimits

Limits of shape $\mathcal{I}$ commute with colimits of shape $\mathcal{J}$ when, for every $D:\mathcal{I}\times \mathcal{J}\to \mathcal{C}$, the canonical comparisonis an isomorphism whenever both sides exist.

For small $J,K$ and a functor $D:J\times K\to \mathcal{C}$ into a complete category, the two iterated categorical limits are canonically isomorphic. They have the same projections to every $D(j,k)$ and the same universal property. The result follows also from preservation of categorical limits by the limit functor.

If groups $G,H$ have a common nontrivial quotient $K$, act on $K$ by left multiplication through $G$ and right inverse multiplication through $H$. The actions commute. There are no fixed points of a group action for $G$, but the $H$ orbit set is a singleton. The comparison $A^G/H\to (A/H{)}^G$ is therefore the map from the empty set to a singleton, which is not an isomorphism.

For commuting actions of finite groups $G,H$ with coprime orders, the canonical map $A^G/H\to (A/H{)}^G$ is a bijection. It is always injective. On any $G$-stable $H$-orbit, all $G$-orbits have the same size, dividing both $|G|$ and the $H$-orbit size, hence dividing $|H|$. Coprimality forces that size to be one, proving surjectivity. Thus categorical limits indexed by $G$ commute with colimits indexed by $H$ in the Category of sets.