Are all (unbounded) chain complexes over a field bifibrant?












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In his paper Homological algebra of homotopy algebras, Hinich defines a model structure on unbounded chain complexes where




  • weak equivalences are the quasi-isomorphisms,

  • fibrations are degree-wise surjections, and

  • cofibrations are defined by the left lifting property.


Obviously, every object is fibrant. Now assume that we are working over a field $k$ instead of a general ring.




Question: Is it true that in this case every chain complex is also cofibrant?




I believe the answer to be yes, and I have an ugly argument that should prove it (even though I still have to check the details). Is there a sly/elegant way to show it?










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    In his paper Homological algebra of homotopy algebras, Hinich defines a model structure on unbounded chain complexes where




    • weak equivalences are the quasi-isomorphisms,

    • fibrations are degree-wise surjections, and

    • cofibrations are defined by the left lifting property.


    Obviously, every object is fibrant. Now assume that we are working over a field $k$ instead of a general ring.




    Question: Is it true that in this case every chain complex is also cofibrant?




    I believe the answer to be yes, and I have an ugly argument that should prove it (even though I still have to check the details). Is there a sly/elegant way to show it?










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      In his paper Homological algebra of homotopy algebras, Hinich defines a model structure on unbounded chain complexes where




      • weak equivalences are the quasi-isomorphisms,

      • fibrations are degree-wise surjections, and

      • cofibrations are defined by the left lifting property.


      Obviously, every object is fibrant. Now assume that we are working over a field $k$ instead of a general ring.




      Question: Is it true that in this case every chain complex is also cofibrant?




      I believe the answer to be yes, and I have an ugly argument that should prove it (even though I still have to check the details). Is there a sly/elegant way to show it?










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      In his paper Homological algebra of homotopy algebras, Hinich defines a model structure on unbounded chain complexes where




      • weak equivalences are the quasi-isomorphisms,

      • fibrations are degree-wise surjections, and

      • cofibrations are defined by the left lifting property.


      Obviously, every object is fibrant. Now assume that we are working over a field $k$ instead of a general ring.




      Question: Is it true that in this case every chain complex is also cofibrant?




      I believe the answer to be yes, and I have an ugly argument that should prove it (even though I still have to check the details). Is there a sly/elegant way to show it?







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      asked Oct 4 '17 at 5:34









      Daniel Robert-NicoudDaniel Robert-Nicoud

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          Yes.



          Every (possibly unbounded) chain complex of $k$-vector spaces is a (possibly infinite) direct sum of complexes of the form
          $$dotsto0to kto0todots$$
          and
          $$dotsto0to kstackrel{sim}{to}kto0todots$$
          and their shifts.



          It is easy to show that each of these complexes is cofibrant, and so every complex is cofibrant.






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          it is not difficult to see that when $k$ is a field, then a cofibration is exactly a degree-wise injective map.



          The key lemma is the following: a chain complex whose homology is trivial is homotopic to zero.






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            Merci Damien ;)
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            – Daniel Robert-Nicoud
            Jan 12 at 17:13











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          Yes.



          Every (possibly unbounded) chain complex of $k$-vector spaces is a (possibly infinite) direct sum of complexes of the form
          $$dotsto0to kto0todots$$
          and
          $$dotsto0to kstackrel{sim}{to}kto0todots$$
          and their shifts.



          It is easy to show that each of these complexes is cofibrant, and so every complex is cofibrant.






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          • $begingroup$
            Good point. Thanks.
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            – Daniel Robert-Nicoud
            Oct 4 '17 at 12:50
















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          Yes.



          Every (possibly unbounded) chain complex of $k$-vector spaces is a (possibly infinite) direct sum of complexes of the form
          $$dotsto0to kto0todots$$
          and
          $$dotsto0to kstackrel{sim}{to}kto0todots$$
          and their shifts.



          It is easy to show that each of these complexes is cofibrant, and so every complex is cofibrant.






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          • $begingroup$
            Good point. Thanks.
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            – Daniel Robert-Nicoud
            Oct 4 '17 at 12:50














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          Yes.



          Every (possibly unbounded) chain complex of $k$-vector spaces is a (possibly infinite) direct sum of complexes of the form
          $$dotsto0to kto0todots$$
          and
          $$dotsto0to kstackrel{sim}{to}kto0todots$$
          and their shifts.



          It is easy to show that each of these complexes is cofibrant, and so every complex is cofibrant.






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          Yes.



          Every (possibly unbounded) chain complex of $k$-vector spaces is a (possibly infinite) direct sum of complexes of the form
          $$dotsto0to kto0todots$$
          and
          $$dotsto0to kstackrel{sim}{to}kto0todots$$
          and their shifts.



          It is easy to show that each of these complexes is cofibrant, and so every complex is cofibrant.







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          answered Oct 4 '17 at 12:19









          Jeremy RickardJeremy Rickard

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            Good point. Thanks.
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            Good point. Thanks.
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          $begingroup$
          Good point. Thanks.
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          Good point. Thanks.
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          it is not difficult to see that when $k$ is a field, then a cofibration is exactly a degree-wise injective map.



          The key lemma is the following: a chain complex whose homology is trivial is homotopic to zero.






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            Merci Damien ;)
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            – Daniel Robert-Nicoud
            Jan 12 at 17:13
















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          $begingroup$

          it is not difficult to see that when $k$ is a field, then a cofibration is exactly a degree-wise injective map.



          The key lemma is the following: a chain complex whose homology is trivial is homotopic to zero.






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          • $begingroup$
            Merci Damien ;)
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            – Daniel Robert-Nicoud
            Jan 12 at 17:13














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          it is not difficult to see that when $k$ is a field, then a cofibration is exactly a degree-wise injective map.



          The key lemma is the following: a chain complex whose homology is trivial is homotopic to zero.






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          it is not difficult to see that when $k$ is a field, then a cofibration is exactly a degree-wise injective map.



          The key lemma is the following: a chain complex whose homology is trivial is homotopic to zero.







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          answered Jan 11 at 6:21









          Damien LDamien L

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            Merci Damien ;)
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            Merci Damien ;)
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          Merci Damien ;)
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          – Daniel Robert-Nicoud
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          $begingroup$
          Merci Damien ;)
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