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Duality and small functors

Algebraic Topology 2015-11-25 v5 Category Theory

Abstract

The homotopy theory of small functors is a useful tool for studying various questions in homotopy theory. In this paper, we develop the homotopy theory of small functors from spectra to spectra, and study its interplay with Spanier-Whitehead duality and enriched representability in the dual category of spectra. We note that the Spanier-Whitehead duality functor D ⁣:SpSpopD\colon \mathrm{Sp}\rightarrow \mathrm{Sp}^{\mathrm{op}} factors through the category of small functors from spectra to spectra and construct a new model structure on the category of small functors, which is Quillen equivalent to Spop\mathrm{Sp}^{\mathrm{op}}. In this new framework for the Spanier-Whitehead duality, Sp\mathrm{Sp} and Spop\mathrm{Sp}^{\mathrm{op}} are full subcategories of the category of small functors and dualization becomes just a fibrant replacement in our new model structure.

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@article{arxiv.1210.0723,
  title  = {Duality and small functors},
  author = {Georg Biedermann and Boris Chorny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.0723},
  year   = {2015}
}

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38 pages, final version, to appear in Algebraic and Geometric Topology

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