Monoidal Relative Categories Model Monoidal $\infty$-Categories
Category Theory
2026-03-30 v4 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
We prove that the homotopy theory of monoidal relative categories is equivalent to that of monoidal -categories, and likewise in the symmetric monoidal setting. As an application, we give a concise and complete proof of the fact that every presentably monoidal or presentably symmetric monoidal -category is presented by a monoidal or symmetric monoidal model category, which, in the monoidal case, was sketched by Lurie, and in the symmetric monoidal case, was proved by Nikolaus--Sagave.
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@article{arxiv.2504.20606,
title = {Monoidal Relative Categories Model Monoidal $\infty$-Categories},
author = {Kensuke Arakawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.20606},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Fixed typos. Identical to the journal version except for a few editorial changes