Approximation Theory and Elementary Submodels
Abstract
Approximation Theory uses nicely-behaved subcategories to understand entire categories, just as projective modules are used to approximate arbitrary modules in classical homological algebra. We use set-theoretic elementary submodel arguments to give new, short proofs of well-known theorems in approximation theory, sometimes with stronger results.
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