118 research outputs found
Homotopy theory of diagrams
In this paper we develop homotopy theoretical methods for studying diagrams.
In particular we explain how to construct homotopy colimits and limits in an
arbitrary model category. The key concept we introduce is that of a model
approximation. Our key result says that if a category admits a model
approximation then so does any diagram category with values in this category.
From the homotopy theoretical point of view categories with model
approximations have similar properties to those of model categories. They admit
homotopy categories (localizations with respect to weak equivalences). They
also can be used to construct derived functors by taking the analogs of fibrant
and cofibrant replacements.
A category with weak equivalences can have several useful model
approximations. We take advantage of this possibility and in each situation
choose one that suits our needs. In this way we prove all the fundamental
properties of the homotopy colimit and limit: Fubini Theorem (the homotopy
colimit -respectively limit- commutes with itself), Thomason's theorem about
diagrams indexed by Grothendieck constructions, and cofinality statements.
Since the model approximations we present here consist of certain functors
"indexed by spaces", the key role in all our arguments is played by the
geometric nature of the indexing categories.Comment: 95 pages with inde
Goodwillie calculus and Whitehead products
We prove that iterated Whitehead products of length (n+1) vanish in any value
of an n-excisive functor in the sense of Goodwillie. We compare then different
notions of homotopy nilpotency, from the Berstein-Ganea definition to the
Biedermann-Dwyer one. The latter is strongly related to Goodwillie calculus and
we analyze the vanishing of iterated Whitehead products in such objects.Comment: 12 page
Homology fibrations and "group-completion" revisited
We give a proof of the Jardine-Tillmann generalized group completion theorem.
It is much in the spirit of the original homology fibration approach by McDuff
and Segal, but follows a modern treatment of homotopy colimits, using as little
simplicial technology as possible. We compare simplicial and topological
definitions of homology fibrations.Comment: 13 page
Can one classify finite Postnikov pieces?
We compare the classical approach of constructing finite Postnikov systems by
k-invariants and the global approach of Dwyer, Kan, and Smith. We concentrate
on the case of 3-stage Postnikov pieces and provide examples where a
classification is feasible. In general though the computational difficulty of
the global approach is equivalent to that of the classical one.Comment: 13 page
Homotopy excision and cellularity
Consider a push-out diagram of spaces C B, construct the homotopy
push-out, and then the homotopy pull-back of the diagram one gets by forgetting
the initial object A. We compare the difference between A and this homotopy
pull-back. This difference is measured in terms of the homotopy fibers of the
original maps. Restricting our attention to the connectivity of these maps, we
recover the classical Blakers-Massey Theorem.Comment: 22 pages, we took special care in this revised version in
distinguishing fiber sets from single fibers, in indicating what we mean by
the loop space on a possibly non-connected and unpointed space, thus
smoothing the expositio
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