A model structure via orbit spaces for equivariant homotopy

Abstract

For a given group $G$ and a collection of subgroups $\mathcal{F}$ of $G$, we show that there exist a left induced model structure on the category of right $G$-simplicial sets, in which the weak equivalences and cofibrations are the maps that induce weak equivalences and cofibrations on the $H$-orbits for all $H$ in $\mathcal{F}$. This gives a model categorical criterion for maps that induce weak equivalences on $H$-orbits to be weak equivalences in the $\mathcal{F}$-model structure.

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