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Baer sums of extensions
Apologies in advance if this question is too basic, I looked briefly through Weibel and the stacks project and couldn't find any relevant reference.
Let $\mathcal{A}$ denote an abelian category, and ...
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Left exact functor $F$ preserves quasi-isomorphism between $F$-acyclics
In this math overflow page, the poster gives a proof of the statement "an additive left exact functor $F$ preserves quasi-isomorphisms between $F$-acyclic objects." I'm having trouble ...
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Finitely generated projective modules over Noetherian endomorphism ring
Let $\mathcal A$ be a locally Noetherian Grothendieck abelian category and $M\in \mathcal A$ be a Noetherian object. Set $B:=\text{End}_{\mathcal A}(M)$. Let $B$-mod be the category of finitely ...
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Reference request: locally erasable delta-functor is universal
It is well-documented that an erasable delta-functor $(F^n,\delta)$ is universal. However, in 'small' abelian categories (in the technical sense or otherwise), there aren't always enough objects to ...
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On a simple alternative correction to Roos' theorem on $\varprojlim^1$
Here is a discussion about an incorrect theorem of Roos, later corrected, some counterexamples and so on. Reading over this, I was a bit shocked because it contradicted something from Weibel's ...
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contravariant finiteness and limit closure: is there dual to a result of Crawley-Boevey?
Let $\mathcal A$ be a locally finitely presented category. Theorem 4.2 of https://doi.org/10.1080/00927879408824927 says that given a full additive subcategory $\mathcal D$ of finitely presented ...
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Thick subcategory containment in bounded derived category vs. singularity category
Let $R$ be a commutative Noetherian ring, and $D^b(\operatorname{mod } R)$ the bounded derived category of the abelian category of finitely generated $R$-modules. Let me abbreviate this as $D^b(R)$. ...
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Is taking Freyd envelopes adjoint to taking stable module categories?
Let $T$ be an (idempotent-complete) triangulated category. Then the Freyd envelope $mod(T)$ is an abelian category, the universal recipient of a homological functor $T \to mod(T)$. The Freyd envelope ...
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Is there a way to “derive” a (non-exact) functor which preserves images?
Let $F : \mathcal A \to \mathcal B$ be an additive functor between abelian categories. If $F$ is left exact, then under certain conditions $F$ admits right derived functors which “measure” its failure ...
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Comparing stabilization of stable category modulo injectives and a Verdier localization
Let $\mathcal A$ be an abelian category with enough injectives. Let $\mathcal I$ be the collection of injective objects. Let $\mathcal A/\mathcal I$ be the quotient category whose objects are same as ...
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How does the behaviour of a hyperderived functor of many variables change if you use $\prod$-totalisation instead of $\oplus$-totalisation?
$\newcommand{\tot}{\operatorname{Tot}}\newcommand{\A}{\mathscr{A}}\newcommand{\L}{\mathbb{L}}\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}}$Say $T$ is is a functor $\A_1\times\A_2\times\cdots\times\A_n\to\A$ of Abelian ...
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What conditions on an Abelian category allow members of a direct sum to be determined entirely by their components?
EDIT: In comments, with thanks to Maxime Ramzi, this question has a good answer in that what I want to be true is true when $\mathscr{A}$ satisfies axiom $\mathsf{AB}5$, that $\mathscr{A}$ is ...
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Projective objects in chain complexes of an abelian category: Further question
Yes, I see there are other Q&A's on this, for instance here: Projective objects in the category of chain complexes
I am wondering why a level-wise projective chain complex $P$ which is split ...
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Description of the canonical equivalence between Adelman's free abelian category and Freyd's free abelian category on an additive category?
Let $\mathcal A$ be an additive category. Then there is a free abelian category $F(\mathcal A)$ on $\mathcal A$. I'm aware of two constructions in the literature, and I'd like to relate them.
The ...
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Does a functor preserving injectives also preserve K-injective complexes?
Let $F:A\to B$ be an exact functor of Grothendieck abelian categories. If $F$ preserves injective objects, then does the exact functor $F:K(A)\to K(B)$ preserves K-injective complexes?
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Vanishing of higher limits
Let $I$ be a directed set and let $X_I$ be a corresponding inverse system of, say, (complex) vector spaces or abelian groups (in my case in general not finite-dimensional, resp. not finitely generated)...
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Motivation for definitions of donor and receptor in Salamander Lemma?
$\newcommand{\im}{\operatorname{Im}}$Consider the following (subpart of) a double complex, using the same notation as in George Bergman's pre-print or in these lecture notes:
$$\require{AMScd}\begin{...
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Is the subcategory of strict morphisms abelian?
Let $A$ be an additive category with kernels and cokernels. A morphism $f$ is called strict if the natural morphism from the coimage to the image is an isomorphism.
In Schneiders: Quasi-abelian ...
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Can we define $\operatorname{Ext}$ groups in the category of short exact sequences?
Let $\mathcal A$ be an Abelian category. We can assume it has enough injectives. Let $\operatorname{SES}_{\mathcal A}$ denote the category, of which objects are short exact sequences in $\mathcal A$, ...
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On image of map $\text{Ext}^1_R(X,F)\to \text{Ext}^1_R(X,G)$ induced by $R$-linear map of free modules $F\to G$ with entries in the maximal ideal
$\DeclareMathOperator\Ext{Ext}$Let $(R,\mathfrak m)$ be a Noetherian local ring. Let $F,G$ be finitely generated free $R$-modules and $f:F\to G$ be an $R$-linear map such that $f(F)\subseteq \mathfrak ...
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Is the category of chain complexes a reflexive or coreflexive subcategory of the category of functors?
Let $A$ be an abelian category (you can assume additional conditions for its goodness). Let $\mathrm{Seq}(A) = \mathrm{Func}(\mathbb{Z}, A)$, where $\mathbb{Z}$ is the standard order category on ...
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Are hearts of all $t$-structures on smashing triangulated categories closed with respect to coproducts (also)?
Let $T$ be a triangulated category closed with respect to (small) coproducts, and $t$ be (an arbitrary!) a $t$-structure on $T$. I have noted that the heart $\underline{Ht}$ of $t$ is closed with ...
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abelian categories vs. additive categories
This must be common knowledge.
Where exactly in the development of homological algebra does one need the axiom that makes additivepre-abelian and abelian categories different? (I mean this statement: ...
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Derived Hom without injectives nor projectives
I am stuck with the following farce on derived Homs.
I have an abelian category $A$ and I showed that, given any two objects $X$ and $Y$ of $A$, the group of $1$fold extensions $\operatorname{Ext}^1_{...
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Does the category of commutative and cocommutative Hopf algebras have enough injectives?
It is well-known that the category of commutative and cocommutative Hopf algebras is abelian (see https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.04001v2 and its references). But does it have enough injectives? What about ...
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A 2-category of abelian categories?
Is there a reasonably well-behaved $2$-category of abelian categories, and if so, what are its objects (perhaps one needs to restrict one's attention to finite abelian categories ?), $1$-morphisms (...
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What are abelian categories enriched over themselves?
As far as I understand, an arbitrary abelian category is not enriched over itself, for example, $\mathrm{ChainComplex}(\mathrm{Ab})$ is, right? On the other hand, the categories $\mathrm{Mod}(R)$ (in ...
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Is any abelian category a subcategory of $\mathrm{Ab}^I$?
Motivation: define a concrete Abelian category as a category with a univalent and injective functor in $\mathrm{Ab}^I$ (such that all homological concepts in it coincide with simple set-theoretic ...
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On the not so clear relationship between torsion theories and localization for a newcomer
Given an hereditary torsion theory $(\mathcal{T}, \mathcal{F})$ on an abelian category $\mathcal{A}$, how we can relate this to a localization (i.e Ore localization). This is mentioned with not so ...
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A non-projective rigid object in an abelian monoidal category
What is an example of a rigid object $A$ in an abelian monoidal category $\mathcal{M}$ that is not projective as an object in $\mathcal{M}$? (Since $\mathcal{M}$ is abelian projective just means that ...
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Derived category supported in a Serre subcategory of a locally noetherian category
This is a cross-post from math.stackexchange at https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4251692/derived-category-supported-in-a-serre-subcategory-of-a-locally-noetherian-catego, since I didn't get ...
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Extensions in a full subcategory
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be an abelian category (feel free to put more adjectives here) and $\mathcal{D}$ a full abelian subcategory closed under kernels and cokernels.
Then by definition for $A,B\in \...
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Small abelian categories and module categories - preservation of injective and projective objects
A soft question on small abelian categories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grothendieck%27s_T%C3%B4hoku_paper
Wikipedia: "The article "Sur quelques points d'algèbre homologique" by ...
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Bounds on homological dimension of functor categories
Let $A$ be a Grothendieck abelian category. I will say that $A$ is of global dimension less or equal to $n$ if $Ext^{k}_{A}(a, b) = 0$ for $k > n$ and all $a, b \in A$. This is equivalent to saying ...
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Methods for finding complex for subobjects of homology
Let $\mathcal{C}$ be an abelian category and
$$ C_\bullet:C_n \rightarrow C_{n-1}\rightarrow \ldots \rightarrow C_1\rightarrow C_0$$
a complex in $\mathcal{C}$. Suppose we have for each $i$ a ...
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Functorial kernel in derived category
By the work of Verdier, we know that cones in a triangulated category $\mathcal{T}$ are functorial if and only if $\mathcal{T}$ is semisimple abelian. However, in these notes, it is said that
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Why do some tricks in homological algebra work over the category of C*-algebras?
The category of $C^*$-algebras is not abelian (a "proof" that it is pre-abelian can be found here, but it does not seem correct; I can't find any authoritative sources). However, it's ...
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Example of pseudocoherent complex which is not locally quasi-isomorphic to a strict pseudocoherent one
I ask this question here even if I posted it also on math.stackexchange (recieving no answer so far) because I have read some analogous question but for perfect complexes on this site, even though ...
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Connecting homomorphism and Baer sum in an abelian category
I would like to prove that the connecting homomorphism $\delta \colon \mathrm{Hom}_{\mathcal{A}}(N,M_3) \to \mathrm{Ext}_{\mathcal{A}}(N,M_1)$ from part (2) of Lemma 12.6.4 of the Stacks Project is ...
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Is every middle exact functor a derived functor?
Assume for the sake of simplicity we are working with categories of modules over some ring. Call a functor $F$ middle exact if for an exact sequence $ 0 \to A \to B \to C \to 0 $, we have that $FA \to ...
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Functors with adjoints
I want to find a functor between abelian categories, which is faithful but not full. And this functor has left and right adjoint. I want to know a nontrivial example,which is not inducecd by a ring ...
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What was the error in the proof of Roos' theorem?
Background: In 1961, Roos (who, sadly, apparently passed away just last month) purported to prove [1] that in an abelian category with exact countable products (AB4${}^\ast_\omega$), limits of inverse ...
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Eilenberg–Zilber-type theorem for Map([n],A), where the degeneracy maps for [n] are forgotten
The following statement should be immediately implied by Eilenberg–Zilber theorem if the sequences $(i_0,\ldots,i_k)$ below are only monotone. But I need the strict monotone version which I believe to ...
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Semisimple Abelian categories with infinite sums
A semisimple category is an abelian category in which every object is a finite direct sum of simple objects.
A) Why does one impose the finiteness condition here?
B) If one condsiders infinite direct ...
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Freyd-Mitchell for $k$-linear categories
I don't know much about the proof of the Freyd–Mitchell embedding theorem and I could not find an answer to my question looking naïvely online, but at the same time I feel like this is the kind of ...
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How to compute Ext-groups for categories without enough injectives/projectives?
I am studying a category of representations of an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra, which is an abelian category. Unfortunately, the category does not have enough injectives/projectives. I would ...
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Baer sum and endomorphisms
I work in an Abelian category. If I take the Baer sum $M' + M''$ of two extensions $M'$ and $M''$ of $
M_2$ by $M_1$, i.e.,
$$ 0 \to M_1 \to M' \to M_2 \to 0$$
is exact, and the same for $M''$, then ...
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Concrete examples of Freyd-Mitchell embedding
I originally posted this on math.SE (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3438528/concrete-examples-of-freyd-mitchell-embedding) but since it's been a few days I figured I would crosspost it here. ...
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Characterization of weakly convergence of spectral sequences
Let $C$ be a chain complex (in any abelian category) and let $\{F_p\}$ be a decreasing filtration of $C$. It induces a filtration on the homologies of $C$, given by $$F_pH=im(H(F_p)\rightarrow H(C)),$$...
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Relation between extensions and filtrations
We work in an Abelian category. Consider Yoneda extensions, i.e., the Abelian groups Ext$^n(C,A)$ consisting (for $n \ge 1$) of equivalence classes of exact sequences starting at $A$ and ending at $C$ ...
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