In higher category theory in mathematics, a Cisinski model structure is a special kind of model structure on topoi. In homotopical algebra, the category of simplicial sets is of particular interest. Cisinski model structures are named after Denis-Charles Cisinski, who introduced them in 2001. His work is based on unfinished ideas presented by Alexander Grothendieck in his script Pursuing Stacks from 1983.[1]
A cofibrantly generated model structure on a topos, for the cofibrations are exactly the monomorphisms, is called a Cisinski model structure. Cofibrantly generated means that there are small sets I {\displaystyle I} and J {\displaystyle J} of morphisms, on which the small object argument can be applied, so that they generate all cofibrations and trivial cofibrations using the lifting property:[2]
More generally, a small set generating the class of monomorphisms of a category of presheaves is called cellular model:[3][4]
Every topos admits a cellular model.[5]