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Reference for homotopy (co)limits of (co)chain complexes via totalization of double complexes
It seems to be a well-known fact that homotopy (co)limits
of (co)simplicial diagrams of nonnegatively graded
(co)chain complexes in (Grothendieck) abelian categories
can be computed by using the Dold-...
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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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(co)homology of symmetric groups
Let $S_n=\{\text{bijections }[n]\to[n]\}$ be the n-th symmetric group. Its (co)homology will be understood with trivial action. What are the $\mathbb{Z}$-modules $H_k(S_n;\mathbb{Z})$? Using GAP, we ...
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Solid rings and Tor
A solid ring is a ring $R$ such that the multiplication
$R\otimes_{\mathbb{Z}} R \to R$ is an isomorphism.
These were classified by Bousfield and Kan; they are
subrings of $\mathbb{Q}$,
$\mathbb{Z}/...
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Inflate a finite-group cocycle into coboundary in non-Abelian groups
Edit: In case that there is no solution for the original question, I modify to enrich the question.
We like to ask a possible specific inflation a $H^3(Q, \mathbb{R} /\mathbb{Z})$ cocycle with a ...
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Spectral sequences: opening the black box slowly with an example
My friend and I are attempting to learn about spectral sequences at the moment, and we've noticed a common theme in books about spectral sequences: no one seems to like talking about differentials.
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Algorithm or theory of diagram chasing
One of the standard parts of homological algebra is "diagram chasing", or equivalent arguments with universal properties in abelian categories. Is there a rigorous theory of diagram chasing, and ...
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Calculating Mayer-Vietoris efficiently
This is a question whose motivation and framing seem to involve a lot of topology, but which I suspect comes down to some simple and standard combinatorics that's probably recorded in a book somewhere....
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When is a quasi-isomorphism necessarily a homotopy equivalence?
Under what circumstances is a quasi-isomorphism between two complexes necessarily a homotopy equivalence? For instance, this is true for chain complexes over a field (which are all homotopy ...
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Is homology finitely generated as an algebra?
If a differential graded algebra is finitely generated as an algebra, is its homology finitely generated as an algebra?
Is it easier if we impose any of the three conditions: characteristic zero; ...
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What is homology anyway?
Disclaimer: I don't feel qualified to ask this question and yet it's been troubling me for some time now and I lost my patience and decided to ask to get some kind of answer. If there are any stupid ...
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Where do all these projection formulas come from?
I have been intrigued for a long time by the formal similarity of results from different areas of mathematics. Here are some examples.
Set theory Given a map $f:X\to Y$ and subsets $X' \subset X, Y'\...
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Motivating the category of chain complexes
Let $R$ be a commutative ring. For awhile I have been trying to motivate to myself more fully the definition of and various structures on the category $\text{Ch}(R)$ of chain complexes of $R$-modules (...
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Chain homotopy: Why du+ud and not du+vd?
When one wants to prove that a morphism $f_*$ between two chain complexes $\left(C_*\right)$ and $\left(D_*\right)$ is zero in homology, one of the standard approaches is to look for a chain homotopy, ...
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Noncommutative rational homotopy type
Ok, this question is much less ambitious than it might sound, but still:
Two commutative differential graded algebras (cdga's) are quasi-isomorphic if they can be connected by a chain of cdga quasi-...
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Two points of view about Borel-moore homology
They are several ways to define the Borel-Moore homology on a locally compact space $X$.
The first one is by analogy with the singular homology but instead of using finite chains, we use locally ...
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Homology theory constructed in a homotopy-invariant way
Singular homology sends homotopic morphisms on equal morphisms and weakly equivalent spaces on isomorphic objects. So singular homology is in fact defined on the homotopy category of topological ...
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Grothendieck's Tohoku Paper and Combinatorial Topology
I've read some discussions of Grothendieck's famous Tohoku Paper, and I understand that one reason it was a landmark paper was that it introduced abelian categories and gave us sheaf cohomology as a ...
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A ring such that all projectives are stably free but not all projectives are free?
This question is motivated by this recent question. Suppose $R$ is commutative, Noetherian ring and $M$ a finitely generated $R$-module. Let $FD(M)$ and $PD(M)$ be the shortest length of free and ...
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A spectral sequence for computing cohomology of a space from that of its strata
Let $X$ be a smooth complex variety (not necessarily compact) and let $D$ be a normal crossings divisors with components $D_1$, $D_2$, ..., $D_N$. For a set of indices $I$, let $D_I = \bigcap_{i \in I}...
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"Rotated" version of the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence
Let $G$ be a group, $X$ a topological space with $G$-action. For an Abelian group $A$, let $\mathcal{C}^n(X,A)$ be the group of $n$-cochains on $X$ with $A$ coefficients. We can treat this as a $G$-...
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Cosheaf homology and a theorem of Beilinson (in a paper on Mixed Tate Motives)
I'm trying to understand the proof of Theorem 4.1 in the paper Multiple Polylogarithms and Mixed Tate Motives by AB Goncharov (http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0103059v4.pdf). In it, the author uses cosheaf ...
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Spectral Sequences reference
What is the best reference for spectral sequences for mathematicians who are not experts at the subject, but would just like to open a book and find the SS they need, without going in to deep.
I'm ...
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When is bar-cobar duality an equivalence?
Let $A$ be an augmented differential graded algebra over a field $k$. I will write $BA$ for its bar construction (whose homology is $Tor^A(k, k)$). This is a co-augmented differential graded ...
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Are the Alexander-Whitney and Eilenberg-Zilber maps homotopy inverse in arbitrary abelian categories?
Let $\mathcal{A}$ be a monoidal abelian category. Let $A$ and $B$ be simplicial objects in $\mathcal{A}$, and let $N_\ast(-)$ denote the normalized chain complex functor. Let
$$AW_{A,B}\colon N_\ast(...
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Is there a kind of Poincare duality for Borel equivariant cohomology?
Let $G$ be a finite (or discrete) group, $M$ a $d$-dimensional manifold with smooth $G$-action (I am interested in the case where the action is not free, so $M/G$ is not a manifold). For an Abelian ...
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Resolutions of unbounded complexes: Condition ($\ast$) in Spaltenstein's paper
In the paper "Resolutions of unbounded complexes" (Compositio Math., vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 121-154) N. Spaltenstein generalizes the 6 functor formalism to unbounded complexes of sheaves over ...
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Where can I find a proof of the de Rham-Weil theorem?
Where can I find a proof of the de Rham-Weil theorem?
Does anyone know?
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H^d[U(1)^n,U(1)] of the Borel cohomology and Chern-Simons theory
Firstly I apologize that I am a physicist, with a relatively unrigorous math training. My approach of the problem can be Feynman style. Below $Z$ is the integer $\mathbb{Z}$, and $U(1)$ Abelian group ...
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Künneth formulas/theorem for bordism groups and cobordisms?
We are familiar with Künneth theorem:
The Kunneth formula is given by $R$ as a ring, $M,M'$ as the R-modules, $X,X'$ are some chain complex. The Kunneth formula shows the cohomology of a chain ...
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Is the derived category of local systems equivalent to the derived category of sheaves of vector spaces with local system cohomology?
Let $k$ be a field and $X$ a topological space.
Write $\mathrm{Sh}(X)$ for the category of sheaves of vector spaces on $X$, and $\mathrm{Loc}(X)$ for the subcategory of local systems of finite ...
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Homology of classifying space of spin group BSpin(n)
While dealing with $BO(n)$, $BSO(n)$ and $BSpin(n)$ with the universal coefficient theorem and Künneth formula, I came to have the following question:
The universal coefficient says $H^n(X;M)\cong \...
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Differentials in the Lyndon-Hochschild spectral sequence
The Lyndon-Hochschild(-Serre) spectral sequence applies to group extensions in a manner analogous to the Serre-Leray spectral sequence applied to a fibration.
Does anyone know of a good description (...
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Kunneth spectral sequence
In Rotman's Homological Algebra, 1st edition, there is written:
Is every detail of 11.31-11.35 correct? Isn't the spectral sequence in 11.35 1st quadrant and not 3rd quadrant? Do 11.34-35 also hold ...
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Transfer of E-infinity algebra structures
Skip to the bottom for my questions, first some discussion:
It is a celebrated theorem of Kadeišvili that $A_{\infty}$-algebra structures can be transferred along homotopy equivalences so that the ...
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spectral sequence for a complex with two filtrations
Suppose $(C,d)$ is a chain complex: an abelian group with a map $d:C \to C$ such that $d^2 = 0$ (people like to assume $C$ is graded; if that helps - feel free to do so). A filtration is an ascending ...
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Twisted spin bordism invariants in 5 dimensions
[Note]: My question will be a bit long. So, first, thank you for your careful reading, generous comments, helps and answers, in advance!
The spin $G$-bordism invariant can be twisted in the way that ...
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Correct notion of chain homotopy for linearized homology of augmented DGAs?
$\require{AMScd}$
Preliminaries: Let $(A,\partial)$ be a differential graded $k$-algebra with an augmentation $\epsilon$. That is, $\epsilon$ is a DGA map $\epsilon:(A,\partial) \to k$ where $k$ is ...
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Group (Co)Homology of Symmetric Group
The question concerns the group homology or group cohomology of symmetric groups.
The entries in groupprops.subwiki.org and in this MO post show the results for the symmetric group S$_4$.
groupprops....
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Mayer-Vietoris sequence in homology with local coefficients
Background. I'm trying to compute some homology groups using a Mayer-Vietoris argument, but I really need local coefficients.
Question 1. What does the Mayer-Vietoris sequence look like when using ...
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N-periodic derived categories
I have some seemingly basic questions about $N$-periodic derived categories to which I have not found answers in any of the usual places.
Let $R$ be a ring, and let $D(R)_{\mathbb Z/N\mathbb Z}$ ...
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Complete invariant of filtered chain complexes under chain homotopy equivalence
Betti numbers are a complete invariant of chain complexes of vector spaces modulo chain homotopy equivalence.
Can we similarly find complete invariants for (say, finite dimensional) filtered chain ...
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Twisted spin-bordism invariant and a possible Postnikov square from $d=2$ to $d=5$
This is a follow up more advanced question following Twisted spin bordism invariants in 5 dimensions. We follow the definitions in the earlier post.
I had discussed my computation of
$$
\Omega_5^{...
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Long exact sequence of Quillen derived functors
Let $F:\mathcal A\to \mathcal B$ be an additive right exact functor between abelian categories $\mathcal A$ and $\mathcal B$. Then for a short exact sequence
$$
0\to A\to B\to C\to 0
$$
in $\mathcal A$...
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Tensor product of spectral sequences?
I'm wondering about a cross product for spectral sequences. I've got an idea, and I wonder if it is written up anywhere, or if it even holds water.
Let's start with three spectral sequences, $E, F$ ...
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Homotopy colimit of a simplicial DGA
It seems to be well-known that the homotopy colimit of a simplicial chain complex (unbounded) can be computed by taking the totalization of the associated (half-plane) double complex. The totalization ...
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How to calculate $\mathrm{TP}(\mathbb{F}_p[t])$?
$\DeclareMathOperator\TP{TP}$I am trying to learn about topological periodic cyclic homology following the notes:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/IVV5WS/WebHop/user/nikolaus/Papers/Lectures.pdf
https://...
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Bockstein homomorphism and Square Operations: Their consistency formulas
Here are various ways to define "Bockstein homomorphism:"
Let $\beta_p:H^*(-,\mathbb{Z}_p)
\to H^{*+1}(-,\mathbb{Z}_p)$ be the Bockstein homomorphism associated to the extension $$\mathbb{Z}...
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Spelling out explicitly the data of a two step filtration in terms of pieces and gluing data
Let $V$ be an object of some stable infinity category (nothing is lost by taking spectra but I see no reason to state the question in this way as it is irrelevant) and suppose we have a two step ...
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Trivialize a cup-product 2-cocycle of $G$ in a larger group $J$
I like to ask a simple question: how to trivialize a cup-product 2-cocycle of $G$ into a 2-coboundary of $J$ in a larger group $J$.
Let us take a nontrivial 2-cocycle $\omega_3^G(g_a, g_b) \in H^2(G,\...
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