The cellular chains of a contractible free cover as a projective resolution #
Let p : E → B be the quotient covering map of a free action of a group G on E
(IsQuotientCoveringMap p G), let C be a CW complex in the Hausdorff space B, and give
p ⁻¹' C the lifted CW structure TauCeti.cwComplexPreimage. With coefficients in a commutative
ring R, the cellular chain complex of p ⁻¹' C is a chain complex of representations of G,
TauCeti.cellularChainComplexRep, in which g acts by the chain map of translation by g, and
each of its terms is free over R[G] (TauCeti.cellularChainRepIsoFree), hence projective
(TauCeti.projective_cellularChainComplexRep_X).
Translations are cellular, and the augmentation of cellular chains is natural under cellular maps,
so the augmentation is a morphism of representations to the trivial representation
(TauCeti.cellularAugmentationRep). If p ⁻¹' C is contractible, the augmented cellular chain
complex is exact (TauCeti.quasiIso_cellularChainComplexAugmentation), so the cellular chains of
p ⁻¹' C form a projective resolution of the trivial representation of G over R
(TauCeti.cellularResolution).
This applies to the universal cover of a K(G, 1) CW complex: if B carries a CW structure on
the whole space and is aspherical, and E is simply connected, then E is weakly contractible, and
since it has CW type, it is contractible by Whitehead's theorem
(IsCoveringMap.contractibleSpace_preimage_univ_of_isAspherical, in
TauCeti.AlgebraicTopology.EilenbergMacLane.Contractible). The group acting is G, acting on E
by the given action; Mathlib's IsQuotientCoveringMap.fundamentalGroupEquiv identifies G with
the opposite of the fundamental group of B. This resolution is the input for identifying the
cellular homology and cohomology of B with the group homology and cohomology of G.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.cellularAugmentationRep: the augmentation of the lifted cellular chains in degree0, as a morphism to the trivial representation.TauCeti.cellularChainComplexRepAugmentation: the augmentation as a chain map of complexes of representations.TauCeti.cellularResolution: for contractiblep ⁻¹' C, the projective resolution of the trivial representation by the lifted cellular chains.
Main results #
TauCeti.quasiIso_cellularChainComplexRepAugmentation: for contractiblep ⁻¹' C, the augmentation is a quasi-isomorphism.
References #
- K. S. Brown, Cohomology of Groups, GTM 87, Springer, 1982, Section I.4, Proposition 4.1, and Section II.4.
The augmentation of the cellular chains of the lift p ⁻¹' C of C in degree 0, as a
morphism to the trivial representation: translation by an element of G is cellular, and the
augmentation is natural under cellular maps.
Instances For
The underlying linear map of TauCeti.cellularAugmentationRep is the augmentation of the
cellular chains of p ⁻¹' C.
The equivariant augmentation vanishes on the boundaries of lifted 1-cells.
The equivariant augmentation vanishes on the boundaries of lifted 1-cells.
The augmentation of the lifted cellular chain complex, as a chain map of complexes of
representations to the trivial representation placed in degree 0.
Instances For
In degree 0 the augmentation of the lifted cellular chain complex is
TauCeti.cellularAugmentationRep.
The augmented lifted cellular chain complex of a contractible cover is exact: forgetting
the action, the augmentation is that of the cellular chain complex of the contractible CW
complex p ⁻¹' C.
The terms of the lifted cellular chain complex are projective representations: each is free
over the group ring, with basis one chosen lift of each cell of C.
The cellular chains of a contractible free cover are a projective resolution of the
trivial representation of G over R: if the lift p ⁻¹' C of the CW complex C is
contractible, its cellular chain complex, on which G acts through translation of the lifted
cells, is a complex of free representations whose augmentation is a quasi-isomorphism.
Instances For
The complex of TauCeti.cellularResolution is the lifted cellular chain complex.
The augmentation of TauCeti.cellularResolution is that of the lifted cellular chain
complex.