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In mathematics, group cohomology is a set of mathematical tools used to study groups using cohomology theory, a technique from algebraic topology. Analogous to group representations, group cohomology looks at the group actions of a group G in an associated G-module M to elucidate the properties of the group.

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Hilbert 90 for algebras

Dear darij: yes, your $H^1$ is the one element set. A reference is Exercise 2 in Chapter X, §1 of Serre's Local Fields (page 152 in my edition). [The exercise is provided with hints!] And, yes, the ca …
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Intuition for Group Cohomology

Here is a completely elementary example which shows that group cohomology is not empty verbiage, but can solve a problem ("parametrization of rational circle") whose statement has nothing to do with c …
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