$\require{AMScd}$ Let $\Gamma=\{1,\gamma\}$ be a group of order 2. In my problem from Galois cohomology of real reductive groups I came to a commutative diagram of $\Gamma$-modules (abelian groups with $\Gamma$-action) \begin{equation*}%\label{e:cd} \begin{CD} 1 @>>>Q_1 @>>>Q_2 @>>> Q_3 @>>> 1 \\ @. @VV{\rho_1}V @VV{\rho_2}V @VV{\rho_3}V \\ 1 @>>> X_1 @>>> X_2 @>>> X_3 @>>> 1 \\ @. @VV{\alpha_1}V @VV{\alpha_2}V@VV{\alpha_3}V \\ 1 @>>> P_1 @>>> P_2 @>>> P_3 @>>> 1 \\ \end{CD} \end{equation*} in which the rows are exact, but *not* the columns (and $\alpha_k\circ\rho_k\neq 0$). The top and bottom rows of the diagram split canonically: $$Q_2=Q_1\oplus Q_3\quad\text{ and }\quad P_2=P_1\oplus P_3.$$ I consider the *Tate* hypercohomology groups $${\Bbb H}^0(\Gamma, Q_3\overset{\rho_3}\longrightarrow X _3)\quad\text{ and } \quad{\Bbb H}^0(\Gamma,X _1\overset{\alpha_1}\longrightarrow P_1),$$ where both short complexes are in degrees $(-1,0)$. Below I construct "by hand" a canonical coboundary homomorphism $$\delta\colon\, {\Bbb H}^0(\Gamma, Q_3\to X _3)\,\longrightarrow\, {\Bbb H}^0(\Gamma,X _1\to P_1),$$ > **Question.** *How can I get this coboundary homomorphism from a kind of general theory?* **Remark.** For a group $\Gamma$ of order 2 (and also for any *cyclic* group $\Gamma$) the Tate cohomology and hypercohomology are periodic with period 2. Therefore, our $\delta$ is a map $${\Bbb H}^1(\Gamma,\, Q_3\to X_3\to 0)\, \longrightarrow \, {\Bbb H}^2(\Gamma,\, 0\to X_1\to P_1),$$ where both complexes are in degrees $(-2,-1,0)$. **Construction.** We start with $[ q_3, x_3]\in {\Bbb H}^0(\Gamma, Q_3\overset{\rho_3}\longrightarrow X _3)$. Here $( q_3, x_3)\in Z^0(\Gamma,Q_3\to X _3)$, that is, \begin{equation} q_3\in Q_3,\quad x_3\in X_3,\quad \,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} q_3+ q_3=0,\qquad \,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} x_3- x_3=\rho_3( q_3).\tag{$*$} \end{equation} We lift *canonically* $ q_3$ to $$ q_2=(0, q_3)\in Q_1\oplus Q_3= Q_2,$$ and we lift $ x_3$ to *some* $ x_2\in X _2$. We write $$\alpha_2( x_2)=( p_1, p_3)\in P_1\oplus P_3=P_2,$$ where $ p_3=\alpha_3( x_3)\in P_3$ and $ p_1\in P_1$. We set $$ x_1=\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} x_2- x_2-\rho_2( q_2).$$ Since by $(*)$ we have $$\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} x_3- x_3=\rho_3( q_3),$$ we see that $ x_1\in X _1$. We compute: $$\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} x_1+ x_1=\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt}(\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} x_2- x_2)-{}^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt}\rho_2(0, q_3)+ (\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} x_2- x_2)-\rho_2(0, q_2)=-\rho_2(0,\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} q_3+ q_3)=0$$ by $(*)$. Furthermore, $$\alpha_1( x_1)=\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt}( p_1, p_3)-( p_1, p_3)-( 0,\alpha_3(\rho_3( q_3))) =\,^{\gamma\kern -0.8pt} p_1- p_1.$$ Thus $( x_1, p_1)\in Z^0(\Gamma, X _1\overset{\alpha_1}\longrightarrow P_1)$. We set $$\delta[ q_3, x_3]=[ x_1, p_1]\in {\Bbb H}^0(\Gamma,X _1\to P_1).$$ A straightforward check shows that the map $\delta$ is a well-defined homomorphism.