Diagonal Ext from linear graded resolutions #
A linear graded projective resolution has its term in homological degree n generated in
internal degree n. Against a graded module concentrated in degree j, that term has no
nonzero degree-zero map unless n = j. Consequently Extⁿ(M,N) vanishes off the diagonal.
In positive diagonal degrees it is naturally the module of graded maps from the corresponding
resolution term to N: both adjacent differentials of the Hom complex vanish.
For a target concentrated in degree zero, its shift N{j} is concentrated in degree j.
Thus the convention here is Extⁿ(M,N{j}) = 0 for n ≠ j. These results require neither a
field nor a nonnegative algebra grading, and do not assert the converse existence of a linear
resolution from diagonal Ext vanishing.
References #
- A. Beilinson, V. Ginzburg and W. Soergel, "Koszul duality patterns in representation theory", Section 1.2, for linear resolutions and the diagonal Ext criterion.
- Charles A. Weibel, An Introduction to Homological Algebra, Section 2.4, for computation of Ext by projective resolutions.
A term of a linear resolution has no nonzero graded map to a target whose piece in the term's generating degree vanishes.
The nth Ext group vanishes if the target piece in degree n vanishes and the source
has a linear resolution.
A linear resolution forces Ext against a target concentrated in degree j to vanish
outside cohomological degree j.
With the convention (N{j})ₚ = Nₚ₋ⱼ, a target concentrated in degree zero satisfies
Extⁿ(M,N{j}) = 0 whenever n ≠ j and M has a linear resolution.
In positive degree, if the two adjacent target pieces vanish, a linear resolution computes Ext as the graded Hom module from its corresponding term.
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The diagonal Ext identification sends a graded map to its projective-resolution class.
Against a degree-zero target, positive diagonal Ext is the graded Hom module from the resolution term to the target shifted by its homological degree.
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- hr.extLinearEquivShiftObj hN n = hr.extLinearEquiv n ⋯ ⋯
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The shift-diagonal identification sends a graded map to its projective-resolution class.