Consider the following diagram
(9.12)
𝒰 add κ ¯ ( 𝒜 ) \textstyle{\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{A}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} 𝒰 add κ ¯ ( ℬ ) \textstyle{\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{B}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} 𝒰 add κ ¯ ( ℬ ) / 𝒰 add κ ¯ ( 𝒜 ) \textstyle{\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{B}})/\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{A}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} 𝒰 add κ ¯ ( 𝒜 ) \textstyle{\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{A}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} 𝒰 add κ ¯ ( ℬ ) \textstyle{\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{B}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} 𝒰 add κ ¯ ( ℬ / 𝒜 ) . \textstyle{\underline{{\mathcal{U}}_{\mathrm{add}}^{\kappa}}({\mathcal{B}}/{\mathcal{A}})\,.}
By applying the functor (9.11 ) to the above diagram
(9.12 ) we obtain by theorem 9.9 a diagram in
𝒮 \mathcal{S}
(9.13)
K ( 𝒜 ) \textstyle{K({\mathcal{A}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} K ( ℬ ) \textstyle{K({\mathcal{B}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} K ( ℬ ) / K ( 𝒜 ) \textstyle{K({\mathcal{B}})/K({\mathcal{A}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} K ( 𝒜 ) \textstyle{K({\mathcal{A}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} K ( ℬ ) \textstyle{K({\mathcal{B}})\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces\ignorespaces} K ( ℬ / 𝒜 ) , \textstyle{K({\mathcal{B}}/{\mathcal{A}})\,,}
where the upper row is a homotopy cofiber sequence. Now, an
argument analogous to the one used in the proof of
proposition 7.19 (where we make use of Waldhausen’s
fibration theorem) allow us to conclude that the lower row in the
above diagram (9.13 ) is also a homotopy
cofiber sequence. This completes the argument.
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