Quillen equivalences for stable categories

Abstract

For an abelian category $\mathcal{A}$ we investigate when the stable categories $\underline{\mathrm{GPro}}\mathrm{j}(\mathcal{A})$ and $\underline{\mathrm{GIn}}\mathrm{j}(\mathcal{A})$ are triangulated equivalent. To this end, we realize these stable categories as homotopy categories of certain (non-trivial) model categories and give conditions on $\mathcal{A}$ that ensure the existence of a Quillen equivalence between the model categories in question. We also study when such a Quillen equivalence transfers from $\mathcal{A}$ to categories naturally associated to $\mathcal{A}$, such as $\mathrm{Ch}(\mathcal{A})$, the category of chain complexes in $\mathcal{A}$, or $\mathrm{Rep}(Q,\mathcal{A})$, the category of $\mathcal{A}$-valued representations of a quiver $Q$.

Revised version; now 16 pages