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Bousfield localization is a technique that has been used extensively in algebraic topology, specifically in stable homotopy theory, over the last quarter century. Its name derives from the fundamental work of Bousfield [3], although this is based on earlier work of Brown [4] and Adams [1]. In abstract terms, Bousfield localization deals with the inclusion of a thick subcategory (i.e., a triangulated subcategory closed under direct summands) into a triangulated category and the existence of adjoint functors to such an inclusion. In the original topological setting, the triangulated category was typically the stable homotopy category, and the thick subcategory was defined by the vanishing of some homology theory, but the techniques involved work much more generally. In particular, the triangulated category can be one of interest to representation theorists, such as a stable module category or the derived category of a module category: since the techniques rely heavily on limiting procedures, however, one is forced to work with infinite dimensional modules.
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Rickard, J. (2000). Bousfield Localization for Representation Theorists. In: Krause, H., Ringel, C.M. (eds) Infinite Length Modules. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8426-6_13
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