The Mayer–Vietoris sequence of a pushout of simplicial sets #
Consider a commutative square of simplicial sets
t
X₁ ⟶ X₂
l| |r
v v
X₃ ⟶ X₄
b
and an object R of an abelian category with coproducts. Its Mayer–Vietoris short complex of
chain complexes is C(X₁; R) ⟶ C(X₂; R) ⊞ C(X₃; R) ⟶ C(X₄; R), with first map (t, -l) and
second map r + b. When the square is a pushout and t is a monomorphism, this short complex is
short exact: the chain complex functor preserves pushouts, and a pushout square in an abelian
category is right exact in this form. The homology sequence of this short exact sequence is the
Mayer–Vietoris long exact sequence
⋯ ⟶ Hₙ(X₁) ⟶ Hₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃) ⟶ Hₙ(X₄) ⟶ Hₙ₋₁(X₁) ⟶ ⋯,
whose first two maps are (t_*, -l_*) and r_* + b_*.
The typical pushout square is that of two subcomplexes A and B of a simplicial set, their
intersection and their union (SSet.Subcomplex.BicartSq.isPushout). The Mayer–Vietoris sequence
of singular homology for an open cover by two sets is obtained from such a square.
Main definitions and results #
SSet.shortExact_mayerVietorisShortComplex: it is short exact for a pushout square whose top map is a monomorphism.SSet.mayerVietorisToBiprod,SSet.mayerVietorisFromBiprod: the mapsHₙ(X₁) ⟶ Hₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃)andHₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃) ⟶ Hₙ(X₄).SSet.mayerVietorisδ: the connecting morphismHₙ(X₄) ⟶ Hₘ(X₁)form + 1 = n.SSet.mayerVietoris_exact₁,SSet.mayerVietoris_exact₂,SSet.mayerVietoris_exact₃: exactness atHₘ(X₁), atHₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃)and atHₙ(X₄).SSet.epi_mayerVietorisFromBiprod_zero: surjectivity at the degree-zero endpoint.SSet.mayerVietorisδ_naturality: the connecting morphism is natural in maps of pushout squares.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Section 2.2, the Mayer–Vietoris sequences.
The Mayer–Vietoris short exact sequence of chain complexes. For a pushout square of simplicial sets whose top map is a monomorphism, the Mayer–Vietoris short complex is short exact.
The long exact sequence #
The first map Hₙ(X₁) ⟶ Hₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃) of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence, with components
t_* and -l_*.
Equations
- SSet.mayerVietorisToBiprod R t l n = CategoryTheory.Limits.biprod.lift (SSet.homologyMap t R n) (-SSet.homologyMap l R n)
Instances For
The second map Hₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃) ⟶ Hₙ(X₄) of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence, the sum of r_*
and b_*.
Equations
- SSet.mayerVietorisFromBiprod R r b n = CategoryTheory.Limits.biprod.desc (SSet.homologyMap r R n) (SSet.homologyMap b R n)
Instances For
The first map of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares.
The first map of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares.
The second map of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares.
The second map of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares.
The Mayer–Vietoris connecting morphism Hₙ(X₄) ⟶ Hₘ(X₁), where m + 1 = n: the connecting
morphism of the Mayer–Vietoris short exact sequence of chain complexes.
Equations
- SSet.mayerVietorisδ R sq n m h = ⋯.δ n m h
Instances For
Exactness of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence at Hₘ(X₁).
Exactness of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence at Hₙ(X₂) ⊞ Hₙ(X₃).
Exactness of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence at Hₙ(X₄).
The map H₀(X₂) ⊞ H₀(X₃) ⟶ H₀(X₄) at the end of the Mayer–Vietoris sequence is an
epimorphism.
Naturality of the Mayer–Vietoris connecting morphism in maps of pushout squares.
Naturality of the Mayer–Vietoris connecting morphism in maps of pushout squares.