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TauCeti.AlgebraicTopology.Cellular.Augmentation

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.

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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.

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    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 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.