Milnor's join resolution is homotopy equivalent to the standard resolution #
The ordered chains of Milnor's countable join form a projective resolution
TauCeti.universalGSpaceResolution k G of the trivial representation, and Mathlib's standard
complex forms another, Rep.standardResolution k G. This file compares them by an explicit map.
Sending an oriented simplex {(i₀, g₀), …, (iₙ, gₙ)} of the countable join, with
i₀ < ⋯ < iₙ, to the basis element (g₀, …, gₙ) of the standard complex is a chain map of
complexes of representations of G (TauCeti.universalGSpaceChainComplexToStandardComplex).
Forgetting the action, it is the module-level comparison
TauCeti.universalGSpaceToStandardComplex, degree by degree. It commutes with the two
augmentations, which both sum coefficients
(TauCeti.universalGSpaceChainComplexToStandardComplex_comp_εToSingle₀), so it lifts the identity
of the trivial representation. A lift of the identity between projective resolutions is a homotopy
equivalence (TauCeti.universalGSpaceStandardHomotopyEquiv), and it is homotopic to the
comparison ProjectiveResolution.homotopyEquiv that Mathlib constructs abstractly from the
projectivity of the terms (TauCeti.universalGSpaceChainComplexToStandardComplexHomotopy).
The comparison is a homotopy equivalence and not an isomorphism: for the trivial group and a
nonzero coefficient ring, the join has countably many vertices, while the standard complex has a
single basis element in degree 0.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.universalGSpaceChainComplexToStandardComplex: the join-to-standard chain map of complexes of representations.TauCeti.universalGSpaceStandardHomotopyEquiv: the homotopy equivalence of projective resolutions whose forward map is the join-to-standard chain map.TauCeti.universalGSpaceChainComplexToStandardComplexHomotopy: the join-to-standard chain map is homotopic to Mathlib's abstract comparison of the two resolutions.
Main results #
TauCeti.universalGSpaceChainComplexToStandardComplex_comp_εToSingle₀: the chain map commutes with the augmentations.
References #
- J. Milnor, Construction of universal bundles, II, Ann. of Math. 63 (1956), 430--436.
- K. S. Brown, Cohomology of Groups, GTM 87, Springer, 1982, Chapter I, Section 7.
The explicit comparison in degree n as a morphism of permutation representations: it sends
an n-simplex of the countable join to the tuple of its labels, enumerated by increasing
index.
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The comparison sends a simplex to the tuple of its labels.
The join-to-standard chain map of complexes of representations. It sends an oriented
simplex {(i₀, g₀), …, (iₙ, gₙ)} of the countable join, with i₀ < ⋯ < iₙ, to the basis
element (g₀, …, gₙ) of Mathlib's standard complex.
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In degree n the chain map sends a simplex to the tuple of its labels.
In degree 0 the comparison preserves the augmentations: both sum the coefficients.
In degree 0 the comparison preserves the augmentations: both sum the coefficients.
The join-to-standard chain map preserves the augmentations: both sum the coefficients of
a 0-chain.
The join-to-standard chain map preserves the augmentations: both sum the coefficients of
a 0-chain.
The join-to-standard chain map lifts the identity of the trivial representation along the augmentations of the two projective resolutions.
Milnor's join resolution is homotopy equivalent to the standard resolution, by a homotopy equivalence whose forward map is the explicit join-to-standard chain map. Its homotopy inverse is the lift of the identity of the trivial representation from the standard resolution to the join resolution.
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The forward map of the homotopy equivalence is the join-to-standard chain map.
The homotopy inverse is the lift of the identity of the trivial representation from the standard resolution to the join resolution.
The join-to-standard chain map is homotopic to Mathlib's comparison of the two projective
resolutions, the lift of the identity of the trivial representation constructed by
ProjectiveResolution.homotopyEquiv.