Excision for relative singular cohomology #
Let (X, B) be a topological pair and A ⊆ X a subset such that the interiors of A and B
cover X. The inclusion of pairs (A, A ∩ B) ⟶ (X, B) induces an isomorphism
Hⁿ(X, B; R, M) ⟶ Hⁿ(A, A ∩ B; R, M) on relative singular cohomology in every degree, for
coefficients R and M in any linear abelian category with coproducts
(TopPair.isIso_singularCohomologyMap_excisionMap). Equivalently, excising a set Z whose
closure lies in the interior of B does not change relative cohomology
(TopPair.isIso_singularCohomologyMap_excisionMap_compl). In particular, for a closed set K
and an open neighbourhood U of K, restriction Hⁿ(X, X ∖ K) ⟶ Hⁿ(U, U ∖ K) is an
isomorphism (TopPair.isIso_singularCohomologyMap_excisionMap_of_isClosed_subset); this is the
form in which cohomology with supports in a compact subset of a Hausdorff space, and hence
Poincaré duality, is localised.
All of these follow from the general statement
TopPair.quasiIso_singularCochainComplexMap_of_open_cover: a map of topological pairs
f : P ⟶ P' which is an embedding on ambient spaces, whose subspace is the full preimage of the
subspace of P', and such that the ambient space of P' has an open cover each of whose members
lies in the subspace of P' or in the image of f, induces a quasi-isomorphism of relative
singular cochain complexes.
The proof dualizes the one for homology in TauCeti.AlgebraicTopology.Singular.Excision, but
works with chain homotopy equivalences rather than quasi-isomorphisms, since Hom(-, M) need not
preserve quasi-isomorphisms. The inclusion of the chains subordinate to an open cover is a chain
homotopy equivalence (TauCeti.smallSingularChainHomotopyEquiv), so restricting cochains to them
is a quasi-isomorphism (TauCeti.quasiIso_cochainComplexMap_smallSingularSubcomplex_ι), and this
passes to restricted pairs
(TopPair.quasiIso_cochainComplexMap_restrictι_smallSingularSubcomplex) by the five lemma for the
long exact sequences of the pairs. On the restricted pairs the map induced by f bijects the
complementary simplices (TopPair.relativeSimplex_restrictMap_bijective), so it is an
isomorphism of relative chain complexes, and hence of relative cochain complexes
(SSetPair.isIso_cochainComplexMap_of_relativeSimplex_equiv).
Naturality of the excision isomorphisms in the excision data follows by applying
TopPair.singularCohomologyMap to TopPair.interPairMap_comp_excisionMap, and compatibility with
the connecting morphism of the pair is TopPair.singularCohomologyδ_naturality applied to the
excision map.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Section 3.1, excision in cohomology, and Section 2.1, Theorem 2.20 and Proposition 2.21.
- S. Eilenberg and N. Steenrod, Foundations of Algebraic Topology, Chapter VII.
The relative small-chain theorem for cochains. Restricting relative singular cochains of a topological pair to the simplices subordinate to an open cover of the ambient space is a quasi-isomorphism.
Excision for relative singular cochains. Let f : P ⟶ P' be a map of topological pairs
which is an embedding on ambient spaces and whose subspace is the full preimage of the subspace of
P'. If the ambient space of P' has an open cover each of whose members lies in the subspace of
P' or in the image of f, then f induces a quasi-isomorphism of relative singular cochain
complexes.
Excision for relative singular cohomology. Under the hypotheses of
TopPair.quasiIso_singularCochainComplexMap_of_open_cover, the map of pairs f induces
isomorphisms on relative singular cohomology.
Excision. If the interiors of A and B cover X, the inclusion of pairs
(A, A ∩ B) ⟶ (X, B) induces isomorphisms Hⁿ(X, B) ⟶ Hⁿ(A, A ∩ B) on relative singular
cohomology.
Excision of a set with closure in the interior of the subspace. If
closure Z ⊆ interior B, the inclusion of pairs (X ∖ Z, B ∖ Z) ⟶ (X, B) induces isomorphisms
Hⁿ(X, B) ⟶ Hⁿ(X ∖ Z, B ∖ Z) on relative singular cohomology.
Excision onto a neighbourhood. If U is open and contains the closed set K, the
inclusion of pairs (U, U ∖ K) ⟶ (X, X ∖ K) induces isomorphisms
Hⁿ(X, X ∖ K) ⟶ Hⁿ(U, U ∖ K) on relative singular cohomology.
Excision is compatible with shrinking the excised set. Let U be open and let
L₂ ⊆ L₁ ⊆ U be closed. The restriction Hⁿ(U, U ∖ L₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(U, U ∖ L₁) is an isomorphism
exactly when Hⁿ(X, X ∖ L₂) ⟶ Hⁿ(X, X ∖ L₁) is, since both pairs in U are identified with the
corresponding pairs in X by excision.