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This book is concerned with Quillen’s theory of model categories, one of the most powerful and influential computational tools in abstract homotopy theory.
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One may object to this notation in favor of using \(\mathcal {C}_*\) for the category of pointed objects, but subscripts are reserved for the existence of model structures.
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Balchin, S. (2021). Introduction. In: A Handbook of Model Categories. Algebra and Applications, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75035-0_1
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