Singular cohomology with local coefficients #
Let L be a local coefficient system of R-modules on a space X and let M be an R-module.
Applying Hom(-, M) to the singular chains of X twisted by L gives the twisted singular
cochain complex: in degree n it is the module of morphisms from the twisted n-chains to M,
and its differential is precomposition with the twisted singular boundary. Its cohomology is the
singular cohomology of X with coefficients in L and values in M. As for untwisted singular
cohomology, the cochain groups are modules over any ring k acting linearly on R-modules: ℤ
always, and R itself when R is commutative.
Since the twisted n-chains are the coproduct over the singular n-simplices σ of the fibre of
L at the initial vertex of σ, a twisted n-cochain is a family of morphisms L(σ(0)) ⟶ M,
one for each singular n-simplex. So this is cohomology with coefficients in the dual of L,
which is the form in which cap products pair cohomology against homology twisted by the
orientation system of a manifold.
Everything is functorial: a morphism of local coefficient systems L ⟶ K induces a cochain map
from the cochains twisted by K to those twisted by L, a continuous map f : X ⟶ Y induces a
cochain map from the cochains of Y twisted by L to those of X twisted by the pullback
system, and for a constant system the construction returns ordinary singular cohomology.
Pulling a system back along homotopic maps produces canonically isomorphic twisted cochain
complexes and cohomology groups.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCochainComplexandTauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCohomology: the twisted singular cochain complex and its cohomology.TauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCochainComplexCoefficientMapandTauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCohomologyCoefficientMap: change of local coefficient system.TauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCochainComplexMapandTauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCohomologyMap: the maps induced by a continuous map.TauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCohomologyPullbackHomotopyIso: the canonical comparison for pullbacks along homotopic maps.TauCeti.LocalCoefficientSystem.twistedCohomologyConstantIso: for a constant system, twisted cohomology is ordinary singular cohomology.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Sections 3.1 and 3.H.
- A. Dold, Lectures on Algebraic Topology, Springer, 1972, Chapters VII--VIII.
The singular cochain complex of X with coefficients in the local coefficient system L and
values in M: in degree n, the k-module of morphisms from the twisted singular n-chains
of X to M.
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The singular cohomology of X in degree n with coefficients in the local coefficient
system L and values in M.
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The cochain map induced by a morphism of local coefficient systems: precomposition with the induced morphism of twisted chains.
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The degree-n component of the cochain map induced by a morphism of local coefficient
systems acts by precomposition.
An isomorphism of local coefficient systems induces an isomorphism of twisted cochain complexes, contravariantly in the coefficient system.
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The map on twisted cohomology induced by a morphism of local coefficient systems.
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An isomorphism of local coefficient systems induces an isomorphism on twisted cohomology, contravariantly in the coefficient system.
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The canonical comparison of twisted cochain complexes whose coefficient systems are pulled back along homotopic maps. It is induced by transport along the pointwise paths of the homotopy.
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Homotopic pullbacks of a local coefficient system have canonically isomorphic twisted cohomology groups.
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The cochain map induced by a continuous map f : X ⟶ Y, from the cochains of Y twisted by
L to the cochains of X twisted by the pullback of L along f.
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The degree-n component of the cochain map induced by a continuous map acts by precomposition
with the induced morphism of twisted chains.
The map on twisted cohomology induced by a continuous map.
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The cochain map induced by a continuous map is natural in the coefficient system.
The cochain map induced by a continuous map is natural in the coefficient system.
The map induced on twisted cohomology by a continuous map is natural in the coefficient system.
The map induced on twisted cohomology by a continuous map is natural in the coefficient system.
The identity map induces on twisted cochains the map coming from the identification of a coefficient system with its pullback along the identity.
A composite of continuous maps induces on twisted cochains the composite of the two induced maps, after the identification of the pullback along the composite with the iterated pullback.
A composite of continuous maps induces on twisted cochains the composite of the two induced maps, after the identification of the pullback along the composite with the iterated pullback.
The cohomology form of twistedCochainComplexMap_id.
The cohomology form of twistedCochainComplexMap_comp.
The cohomology form of twistedCochainComplexMap_comp.
For a constant local coefficient system, the twisted cochain complex is the ordinary singular cochain complex with the same coefficient module.
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For a constant local coefficient system, twisted cohomology is ordinary singular cohomology.
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