The coefficient long exact sequence and the Bockstein homomorphism #
Let 0 ⟶ M₁ ⟶ M₂ ⟶ M₃ ⟶ 0 be a short exact sequence of coefficients in a k-linear abelian
category C with coproducts, and let R : C be projective; for the usual singular cohomology
with coefficients in k-modules, take C := ModuleCat k and R := k. The singular chains
Cₙ(X; R) of a space are a coproduct of copies of R, hence projective
(SSet.projective_chainComplex_X_of_projective), and so are the relative chains Cₙ(X, A; R) of a
pair, which are a direct summand of Cₙ(X; R). The functors Hom(C(X; R), -) and
Hom(C(X, A; R), -) of the coefficients are therefore exact, which gives short exact sequences of
singular cochain complexes
0 ⟶ C*(X; M₁) ⟶ C*(X; M₂) ⟶ C*(X; M₃) ⟶ 0,
0 ⟶ C*(X, A; M₁) ⟶ C*(X, A; M₂) ⟶ C*(X, A; M₃) ⟶ 0.
Their connecting morphisms are the Bockstein homomorphisms Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hⁿ⁺¹(X; M₁) and
Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) ⟶ Hⁿ⁺¹(X, A; M₁), and their long exact cohomology sequences are the coefficient long
exact sequences
⋯ ⟶ Hⁿ(X; M₁) ⟶ Hⁿ(X; M₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hⁿ⁺¹(X; M₁) ⟶ ⋯,
whose maps between the cohomology groups with the same degree are induced by the coefficient maps. The Bockstein homomorphism is natural in continuous maps, respectively maps of pairs, and in morphisms of short exact sequences of coefficients.
Exactness in the coefficients is the only input: for a fixed chain complex K whose terms are
projective, Hom(K, -) is exact (ChainComplex.shortExact_map_linearYonedaObjFunctor). It is not
the long exact sequence of a pair, which instead uses that the chain sequence of a pair splits in
each degree.
Main declarations #
TopCat.singularCochainComplexCoefficientShortComplexandTopCat.shortExact_singularCochainComplexCoefficientShortComplex: the short exact sequence of singular cochain complexes induced by a short exact sequence of coefficients.TopCat.singularCohomologyBockstein: the Bockstein homomorphismHⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₁)forn + 1 = m, with the three exactness statementsTopCat.singularCohomology_exact_coefficient₁,TopCat.singularCohomology_exact_coefficient₂andTopCat.singularCohomology_exact_coefficient₃and the naturality statementsTopCat.singularCohomologyBockstein_naturalityandTopCat.singularCohomologyBockstein_naturality_coefficients.TopPair.singularCochainComplexCoefficientShortComplex,TopPair.singularCohomologyBocksteinand their exactness and naturality statements: the same for relative singular cohomology.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Section 3.E.
The sequence of singular cochain complexes C*(X; S.X₁) ⟶ C*(X; S.X₂) ⟶ C*(X; S.X₃) induced by
a short complex S of coefficients: its maps are postcomposition with the maps of S.
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The morphism from the coefficient cochain sequence of Y to that of X induced by a continuous
map f : X ⟶ Y: its components are the cochain maps induced by f.
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A short exact sequence 0 ⟶ M₁ ⟶ M₂ ⟶ M₃ ⟶ 0 of coefficients induces a short exact sequence
0 ⟶ C*(X; M₁) ⟶ C*(X; M₂) ⟶ C*(X; M₃) ⟶ 0 of singular cochain complexes.
The Bockstein homomorphism Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₁), for n + 1 = m, of a short exact sequence
0 ⟶ M₁ ⟶ M₂ ⟶ M₃ ⟶ 0 of coefficients: the connecting morphism of the long exact cohomology
sequence of the short exact sequence of singular cochain complexes.
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The Bockstein homomorphism is, by definition, the connecting morphism of the short exact
sequence 0 ⟶ C*(X; M₁) ⟶ C*(X; M₂) ⟶ C*(X; M₃) ⟶ 0 of singular cochain complexes.
Exactness at Hᵐ(X; M₁): Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₁) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₂) is exact for n + 1 = m.
Exactness at Hⁿ(X; M₂): Hⁿ(X; M₁) ⟶ Hⁿ(X; M₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(X; M₃) is exact.
Exactness at Hⁿ(X; M₃): Hⁿ(X; M₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₁) is exact for n + 1 = m.
The Bockstein homomorphism is natural in the space: for a continuous map f : X ⟶ Y, following
Hⁿ(Y; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(Y; M₁) by the map induced by f agrees with following the map induced by f by
Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₁).
The Bockstein homomorphism is natural in the space: for a continuous map f : X ⟶ Y, following
Hⁿ(Y; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(Y; M₁) by the map induced by f agrees with following the map induced by f by
Hⁿ(X; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X; M₁).
The Bockstein homomorphism is natural in the short exact sequence of coefficients: a morphism
φ : S ⟶ S' of short exact sequences of coefficients commutes with the Bockstein homomorphisms of
S and S' and the maps on singular cohomology induced by its components.
The Bockstein homomorphism is natural in the short exact sequence of coefficients: a morphism
φ : S ⟶ S' of short exact sequences of coefficients commutes with the Bockstein homomorphisms of
S and S' and the maps on singular cohomology induced by its components.
The sequence of relative singular cochain complexes
C*(X, A; S.X₁) ⟶ C*(X, A; S.X₂) ⟶ C*(X, A; S.X₃) of a pair (X, A) induced by a short complex
S of coefficients: its maps are postcomposition with the maps of S.
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The morphism from the coefficient cochain sequence of (Y, B) to that of (X, A) induced by a
map of pairs f : (X, A) ⟶ (Y, B): its components are the relative cochain maps induced by f.
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A short exact sequence 0 ⟶ M₁ ⟶ M₂ ⟶ M₃ ⟶ 0 of coefficients induces a short exact sequence
0 ⟶ C*(X, A; M₁) ⟶ C*(X, A; M₂) ⟶ C*(X, A; M₃) ⟶ 0 of relative singular cochain complexes.
The Bockstein homomorphism Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X, A; M₁), for n + 1 = m, of a short exact
sequence 0 ⟶ M₁ ⟶ M₂ ⟶ M₃ ⟶ 0 of coefficients: the connecting morphism of the long exact
cohomology sequence of the short exact sequence of relative singular cochain complexes.
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Exactness at Hᵐ(X, A; M₁): Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X, A; M₁) ⟶ Hᵐ(X, A; M₂) is exact for
n + 1 = m.
Exactness at Hⁿ(X, A; M₂): Hⁿ(X, A; M₁) ⟶ Hⁿ(X, A; M₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) is exact.
Exactness at Hⁿ(X, A; M₃): Hⁿ(X, A; M₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X, A; M₁) is exact for
n + 1 = m.
The relative Bockstein homomorphism is natural in maps of pairs: for f : (X, A) ⟶ (Y, B),
following Hⁿ(Y, B; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(Y, B; M₁) by the map induced by f agrees with following the map
induced by f by Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X, A; M₁).
The relative Bockstein homomorphism is natural in maps of pairs: for f : (X, A) ⟶ (Y, B),
following Hⁿ(Y, B; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(Y, B; M₁) by the map induced by f agrees with following the map
induced by f by Hⁿ(X, A; M₃) ⟶ Hᵐ(X, A; M₁).
The relative Bockstein homomorphism is natural in the short exact sequence of coefficients: a
morphism φ : S ⟶ S' of short exact sequences of coefficients commutes with the Bockstein
homomorphisms of S and S' and the maps on relative singular cohomology induced by its
components.
The relative Bockstein homomorphism is natural in the short exact sequence of coefficients: a
morphism φ : S ⟶ S' of short exact sequences of coefficients commutes with the Bockstein
homomorphisms of S and S' and the maps on relative singular cohomology induced by its
components.