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Arrow Categories of Monoidal Model Categories

Algebraic Topology 2024-05-27 v3 Algebraic Geometry Category Theory K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We prove that the arrow category of a monoidal model category, equipped with the pushout product monoidal structure and the projective model structure, is a monoidal model category. This answers a question posed by Mark Hovey, and has the important consequence that it allows for the consideration of a monoidal product in cubical homotopy theory. As illustrations we include numerous examples of non-cofibrantly generated monoidal model categories, including chain complexes, small categories, topological spaces, and pro-categories.

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@article{arxiv.1703.05359,
  title  = {Arrow Categories of Monoidal Model Categories},
  author = {David White and Donald Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.05359},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

13 pages. Comments welcome. Version 2 adds more examples, and an application to cubical homotopy theory. Version 3 is the final, journal version, accepted to Mathematica Scandinavica

R2 v1 2026-06-22T18:46:57.827Z