The augmented cellular chain complex of a contractible CW complex #
The augmentation of the cellular chain complex of a CW complex C with coefficients in R
is the map TauCeti.cellularAugmentation C R from the cellular chains in degree 0 to R
obtained by passing to cellular homology in degree 0, identifying it with the ordinary singular
homology H₀(C; R) by the cellular–singular comparison
TauCeti.cellularSingularHomologyIsoOfCWComplex, and applying Mathlib's augmentation
TopCat.singularHomology₀ε of singular homology in degree 0. It vanishes on the boundaries of
1-cells, so it defines a chain map TauCeti.cellularChainComplexAugmentation C R from the
cellular chain complex to R placed in degree 0, and it is natural under cellular maps
(TauCeti.cellularChainGroupMap_comp_cellularAugmentation).
If C is contractible, its singular homology is that of a point, so the cellular–singular
comparison shows that the cellular chain complex is exact in positive degrees
(TauCeti.exactAt_cellularChainComplex_of_contractibleSpace), and the augmentation is a
quasi-isomorphism (TauCeti.quasiIso_cellularChainComplexAugmentation): the augmented cellular
chain complex of a contractible CW complex is a resolution of the coefficients. Applied to the
universal cover of a K(G, 1) CW complex with the lifted CW structure, this is the exactness
behind the cellular projective resolution of the trivial representation of G.
The coefficients lie in an abelian category with coproducts in which coproducts are exact. The
cellular–singular comparison in degree 0 needs the inclusion of the 1-skeleton to induce an
isomorphism on H₀, which is assumed as an instance hypothesis; it holds for every
finite-dimensional complex, and for every complex when sequential colimits are exact in the
coefficient category, as for modules over a ring.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.cellularAugmentation: the augmentation of the cellular chains in degree0.TauCeti.cellularChainComplexAugmentation: the augmentation as a chain map to the coefficients placed in degree0.
Main results #
TauCeti.ι_cellularChainGroupIso_inv_comp_cellularAugmentation: the augmentation takes the value1on the generator of each0-cell.TauCeti.descOpcycles_cellularAugmentation: on cellular homology in degree0, the augmentation induces the cellular–singular comparison followed by the augmentation of singular homology.TauCeti.cellularChainGroupMap_comp_cellularAugmentation: the augmentation is natural under cellular maps.TauCeti.exactAt_cellularChainComplex_of_contractibleSpace: the cellular chain complex of a contractible CW complex is exact in positive degrees.TauCeti.quasiIso_cellularChainComplexAugmentation: the augmented cellular chain complex of a contractible CW complex is a resolution.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Cambridge University Press, 2002, Section 2.2, Theorem 2.35.
- K. S. Brown, Cohomology of Groups, GTM 87, Springer, 1982, Section I.4.
The augmentation of the cellular chains of a CW complex C in degree 0: the projection
onto cellular homology in degree 0, followed by the cellular–singular comparison with
H₀(C; R) and the augmentation TopCat.singularHomology₀ε of singular homology.
Instances For
On the zeroth singular homology of the 0-skeleton, mapped to the cellular chains by the
quotient for the empty subspace, the augmentation is the augmentation of singular homology.
On the zeroth singular homology of the 0-skeleton, mapped to the cellular chains by the
quotient for the empty subspace, the augmentation is the augmentation of singular homology.
The augmentation takes the value 1 on each 0-cell: it sends the generator of a
0-cell, under the identification TauCeti.cellularChainGroupIso of the cellular chains with
copies of R indexed by the cells, to the identity of R.
The augmentation takes the value 1 on each 0-cell: it sends the generator of a
0-cell, under the identification TauCeti.cellularChainGroupIso of the cellular chains with
copies of R indexed by the cells, to the identity of R.
The augmentation vanishes on the boundaries of 1-cells.
The augmentation vanishes on the boundaries of 1-cells.
The augmentation of the cellular chain complex: the chain map to the coefficients placed
in degree 0 given in degree 0 by TauCeti.cellularAugmentation.
Instances For
In degree 0 the augmentation of the cellular chain complex is
TauCeti.cellularAugmentation.
The map that the augmentation induces on cellular homology in degree 0, identified with the
opcycles, is the cellular–singular comparison followed by the augmentation of singular homology.
The cellular chain complex of a contractible CW complex is exact in positive degrees:
its homology there is the positive-degree singular homology of a contractible space. The
hypothesis on the inclusion of the (n + 2)-skeleton holds for every finite-dimensional complex,
and for every complex when sequential colimits are exact in the coefficient category.
The augmented cellular chain complex of a contractible CW complex is a resolution of the
coefficients: the augmentation is a quasi-isomorphism. In degree 0 it induces the composite of
the cellular–singular comparison with the augmentation H₀(C; R) ⟶ R, an isomorphism because C
is path connected; in positive degrees both complexes are exact. The hypotheses on the inclusions
of the skeleta hold for every finite-dimensional complex, and for every complex when sequential
colimits are exact in the coefficient category.
The augmentation is natural under cellular maps.
The augmentation is natural under cellular maps.