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This lecture introduces the concept of the homotopy category of a model category, where weak equivalences are inverted to become isomorphisms. It covers the localization of a category, fibrant and cofibrant replacements, and the uniqueness of homotopy equivalences. The instructor discusses the construction of the homotopy category in the next lecture.