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Why localize spaces with respect to homology?
A basic construction in algebraic topology is the localization of spaces or spectra with respect to a homology theory: one formally inverts the $E$-homology isomorphisms, reflecting each space into ...
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What is classified by generalised Eilenberg MacLane spaces?
Given an abelian group $A$, the Eilenberg MacLane spaces $K(A,n)$ represent the the nth cohomology group in $A$.
In a similar vein, given an arbitrary group $G$ and a space $X$, maps to the ...
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Is there a notion of a “model category which admits left Bousfield localization?”
At a conference not too long ago I gave a talk on (left) Bousfield localization and was asked an interesting question afterwards. The question was whether I knew any examples of model categories which ...