The Ext-Euler characteristic from a finite projective resolution #
Let C be a k-linear abelian category. A finite projective resolution
0 ⟶ Pₙ ⟶ ⋯ ⟶ P₁ ⟶ P₀ ⟶ X ⟶ 0
computes the Ext-Euler characteristic against Y as the alternating Hom dimension
χ(X, Y) = ∑ i, (-1)ⁱ dimₖ Hom(Pᵢ, Y).
The hypotheses are conditions on the object property P along which the resolution is taken:
every object satisfying P is projective and has a finite-dimensional Hom space into Y.
Projectivity makes the higher Ext groups of the resolving terms vanish, and bounds the
projective dimension of X by the length of the resolution. The long exact Ext sequence then
proves, from the far end of the resolution towards X, both that (X, Y) is Euler-admissible
and that the displayed formula holds.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.homEuler: the alternating Hom dimension of the terms of a finite resolution.
Main results #
TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.hasProjectiveDimensionLT: a finite resolution by projectives bounds the projective dimension of the resolved object by its length.TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.isExtBoundedBy: a finite resolution by projectives makes theExtgroups vanish from degreer.length + 1on.TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.isExtFinite:Ext-finiteness propagates along a finite resolution from its resolving terms to the resolved object. Together with the previous result it givesTauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.isEulerAdmissible.TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.extEuler_eq_homEuler: the Ext-Euler characteristic of a pair resolved by a Hom-finite finite projective resolution is the alternating Hom dimension of that resolution.TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.homEuler_eq_homEuler: any two finite resolutions ofX, along object properties consisting of projectives with finite-dimensional Hom spaces intoY, have the same alternating Hom dimension.
References #
- Charles A. Weibel, An Introduction to Homological Algebra, Sections 2.4--2.7, for the long exact Ext sequence and computation of Ext by projective resolutions.
- Ibrahim Assem, Daniel Simson, and Andrzej Skowroński, Elements of the Representation Theory of Associative Algebras, Volume 1, Chapter III, Proposition 3.13, for the resulting Euler-form formula over a finite-dimensional algebra.
Alternating Hom dimension of a finite resolution #
The alternating Hom dimension of a finite resolution against Y:
dim Hom(P₀,Y) - dim Hom(P₁,Y) + ⋯ + (-1)ⁿ dim Hom(Pₙ,Y).
As with TauCeti.truncatedExtEuler, this definition is total: Module.finrank has its usual
zero fallback when a Hom space is not finite-dimensional. The theorems below assume Hom-finiteness,
so every summand there is an actual dimension.
Equations
- TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.homEuler k Y r = TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.foldAlternating (fun (Z : C) (x : P Z) => ↑(Module.finrank k (Z ⟶ Y))) r
Instances For
A length-zero resolution has Hom-Euler characteristic equal to its Hom dimension.
Prepending a resolving term subtracts the Hom-Euler characteristic of the remaining resolution from the Hom dimension of that term.
Euler-admissibility along a projective resolution #
A finite resolution by projectives bounds the projective dimension of the resolved object by
its length: the resolving terms have projective dimension < 1, and each conflation of the chain
raises the bound by one through
CategoryTheory.ShortComplex.ShortExact.hasProjectiveDimensionLT_X₃.
The Ext groups out of an object with a finite projective resolution vanish from degree
r.length + 1 on. Only projectivity of the P-objects is used; no Hom-finiteness is needed.
Ext-finiteness propagates along a finite resolution: if every P-object has
finite-dimensional Ext groups into Y, then so does the resolved object. Projectivity plays no
role here; the projective case is the one used by
TauCeti.ExactStructure.FiniteResolution.isEulerAdmissible.
A finite resolution along an object property whose objects are projective and have
finite-dimensional Hom spaces into Y makes the resolved pair (X,Y) Euler-admissible.
Finite-projective-resolution formula for the Ext-Euler characteristic. The value of
χ(X,Y) is the alternating sum of the dimensions of Hom(Pᵢ,Y) along any finite P-resolution
of X, provided the P-objects are projective and those Hom spaces are finite-dimensional.
The alternating Hom dimension is the same along any two finite resolutions of X taken along
object properties whose objects are projective and have finite-dimensional Hom spaces into Y.