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Of course, classically, a subdivision of a simplicial complex K$K$ is defined to be a simplicial complex L$L$ such that each simplex of L$L$ is contained in a simplex of K$K$ and each simplex of K$K$ is the union of finitely many simplices of L$L$, and we can ask for a functorial version. I don't know of a published analog for simplicial sets. It might be something like a functor Sd$\operatorname{Sd}$ on the category of simplicial sets (maybe required to be induced from a functor from the simplicial category $\Delta$ to itself) together with a natural homeomorphism |Sd X| \to |X|$$\lvert\operatorname{Sd} X\rvert \to \lvert X\rvert$. Certainly there are known examples. Segal's paper "Configuration spaces and iterated loop spaces''Configuration spaces and iterated loop spaces introduces edgewise subdivision, and the first section of the paper "The cyclotomic trace and algebraic K-theory of spaces''The cyclotomic trace and algebraic K-theory of spaces by B"okstedtBökstedt, Hsiang, and Madsen defines and exploits a variant of Segal's construction. Tim, I leave it to you to see whether or not that suits your needs.

Of course, classically, a subdivision of a simplicial complex K is defined to be a simplicial complex L such that each simplex of L is contained in a simplex of K and each simplex of K is the union of finitely many simplices of L, and we can ask for a functorial version. I don't know of a published analog for simplicial sets. It might be something like a functor Sd on the category of simplicial sets (maybe required to be induced from a functor from the simplicial category $\Delta$ to itself) together with a natural homeomorphism |Sd X| \to |X|$. Certainly there are known examples. Segal's paper "Configuration spaces and iterated loop spaces'' introduces edgewise subdivision, and the first section of the paper "The cyclotomic trace and algebraic K-theory of spaces'' by B"okstedt, Hsiang, and Madsen defines and exploits a variant of Segal's construction. Tim, I leave it to you to see whether or not that suits your needs.

Of course, classically, a subdivision of a simplicial complex $K$ is defined to be a simplicial complex $L$ such that each simplex of $L$ is contained in a simplex of $K$ and each simplex of $K$ is the union of finitely many simplices of $L$, and we can ask for a functorial version. I don't know of a published analog for simplicial sets. It might be something like a functor $\operatorname{Sd}$ on the category of simplicial sets (maybe required to be induced from a functor from the simplicial category $\Delta$ to itself) together with a natural homeomorphism $\lvert\operatorname{Sd} X\rvert \to \lvert X\rvert$. Certainly there are known examples. Segal's paper Configuration spaces and iterated loop spaces introduces edgewise subdivision, and the first section of the paper The cyclotomic trace and algebraic K-theory of spaces by Bökstedt, Hsiang, and Madsen defines and exploits a variant of Segal's construction. Tim, I leave it to you to see whether or not that suits your needs.

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Of course, classically, a subdivision of a simplicial complex K is defined to be a simplicial complex L such that each simplex of L is contained in a simplex of K and each simplex of K is the union of finitely many simplices of L, and we can ask for a functorial version. I don't know of a published analog for simplicial sets. It might be something like a functor Sd on the category of simplicial sets (maybe required to be induced from a functor from the simplicial category $\Delta$ to itself) together with a natural homeomorphism |Sd X| \to |X|$. Certainly there are known examples. Segal's paper "Configuration spaces and iterated loop spaces'' introduces edgewise subdivision, and the first section of the paper "The cyclotomic trace and algebraic K-theory of spaces'' by B"okstedt, Hsiang, and Madsen defines and exploits a variant of Segal's construction. Tim, I leave it to you to see whether or not that suits your needs.