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Brown representability does not come for free

Category Theory 2008-07-14 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We exhibit a triangulated category T having both products and coproducts, and a triangulated subcategory S of T which is both localizing and colocalizing, for which neither a Bousfield localization nor a colocalization exists. It follows that neither the category S nor its dual satisfy Brown representability. Our example involves an abelian category whose derived category does not have small Hom-sets.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0807.1872,
  title  = {Brown representability does not come for free},
  author = {Carles Casacuberta and Amnon Neeman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1872},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages

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