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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 \infty-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 \infty-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

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