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On bifibrations of model categories

Category Theory 2017-10-02 v1 Logic in Computer Science Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In this article, we develop a notion of Quillen bifibration which combines the two notions of Grothendieck bifibration and of Quillen model structure. In particular, given a bifibration p:EBp:\mathcal E\to\mathcal B, we describe when a family of model structures on the fibers EA\mathcal E_A and on the basis category B\mathcal B combines into a model structure on the total category E\mathcal E, such that the functor pp preserves cofibrations, fibrations and weak equivalences. Using this Grothendieck construction for model structures, we revisit the traditional definition of Reedy model structures, and possible generalizations, and exhibit their bifibrational nature.

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@article{arxiv.1709.10484,
  title  = {On bifibrations of model categories},
  author = {Pierre Cagne and Paul-André Melliès},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.10484},
  year   = {2017}
}
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