Lemma 9.4. Let be a small stable -category. Then is trivial.
Proof. Since is uncountable, has countable coproducts, and so the usual Eilenberg swindle argument implies that the identity map is null-homotopic on -theory and so its -theory vanishes. Specifically, the functor defined by is exact. Moreover, there is a natural equivalence of exact functors induced by the equivalence . Applying -theory, we can split off the component of the resulting equivalence of spectra and deduce that the identity of is null-homotopic. β
Original source: arXiv:1001.2282v4