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= Waldhausen category
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A Waldhausen category is a concept from the field of stable homotopy theory and algebraic K-theory, named after the mathematician Friedhelm Waldhausen. It is used to provide a framework for studying stable categories and K-theory in a categorical context. A Waldhausen category consists of the following components: 1. **Category:** You begin with an additive category \\( \\mathcal\{C\} \\).