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Homotopy theory is an important sub-field of algebraic topology. It is mainly concerned with the properties and structures of spaces which are invariant under homotopy. Chief among these are the homotopy groups of spaces, specifically those of spheres. Homotopy theory includes a broad set of ideas and techniques, such as cohomology theories, spectra and stable homotopy theory, model categories, spectral sequences, and classifying spaces.

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What are surprising examples of Model Categories?

Here is an example that surprised me at some time in the past. Bisson and Tsemo introduce a nontrivial model structure on the topos of directed graphs. Here a directed graph is simply a $4$-tuple $(V, …
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Timeline of "foundational" advances in homotopy theory?

Such a timeline is necessarily highly subjective. With this disclaimer in mind, we can identify some important turns in the development of foundations of homotopy theory. The list below concentrates o …
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When did the Joyal model structure on simplicial sets originate?

Here is what André Joyal wrote in an email to me: No, I have not discovered the model structure for quasi-categories in the 1980's. I became interested in quasi-categories (without the name) around 1 …
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Classifying space BG and contractable space EG

The easiest way to construct an explicit contracting homotopy is to observe that EG is the geometric realization of the nerve of the groupoid G//G, which has G as its set of objects and exactly one mo …
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Why do we need model categories?

Model categories provide a powerful framework for commuting (homotopy) limits and colimits, and, more generally, for commuting left adjoint functors and (homotopy) limits, as well as right adjoint fun …
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From relative categories to marked simplicial sets

Both relative categories and marked simplicial sets (over Δ^0) present the ∞-category of ∞-categories. Naturally, one could ask whether there is a reasonably direct way to pass between these two mode …
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Is there an expository account of homology of simplicial sets that does not assume prior fam...

There are numerous expositions of simplicial homology in the literature. Munkres in “Elements of Algebraic Topology” develops the homology theory of simplicial complexes. Hatcher in “Algebraic Topol …
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Do we still need models of spectra other than the $\infty$-category $\mathrm{Sp}$?

Given that Sp is better behaved than all other existing models of spectra No, Sp is not better behaved than other models. The reason that it seems to be is because all operations in Sp (e.g., Ω^∞ …
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When did the Joyal model structure on simplicial sets originate?

Some of the earliest writings on the Joyal model structure on simplicial sets include Jacob Lurie's account in Higher Topos Theory from 2006, as well as Joyal's own account in The Theory of Quasi-Cate …
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Representation theory of higher homotopy groups

There are many results that generalize the Riemann–Hilbert correspondence from the fundamental groupoid to the fundamental ∞-groupoid, for example: Jonathan Block, Aaron Smith. A Riemann–Hilbert cor …
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Big list: barycentric subdivision of simplicial sets

An important theoretical application is Kan's fibrant replacement functor $\def\Ex{{\sf Ex}}\def\Exi{\Ex^{\sf\infty}}\Exi$, defined as the filtered colimit of functors $\Ex^n$ ($n≥0$), where $\Ex$ is …
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How to compute Homotopy Pullback

Are there any explicit ways of calculating it, similar to the methods, working for the bog down homotopy pullbacks and pushout? Yes, in fact the same formula continues to work in this case. Consider …
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Is there a citeable source for generators and relations of simplicial sets?

Simplicial sets can be specified using generators and relations, in complete analogy with groups, rings, etc. More precisely, a system of generators of relations for a simplicial set consists of a se …
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Homotopy excision for structured ring spectra -- reference?

Theorems 1.4–1.11 in Ching and Harper's paper “Higher homotopy excision and Blakers-Massey theorems for structured ring spectra” (arXiv:1402.4775) give higher homotopy excision and Blakers-Massey (and …
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Why does this construction give a (homotopy-invariant) suspension (resp. homotopy cofiber) i...

if we don't assume properness, I don't even see why the first is homotopy-invariant! The pushout of a diagram A←B→C in which all objects are cofibrant and one of the maps is a cofibration is always …
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