The relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence of a square of pairs of simplicial sets #
Consider a commutative square of pairs of simplicial sets
t
P₁ ⟶ P₂
l| |r
v v
P₃ ⟶ P₄
b
whose square of subobjects and square of ambient simplicial sets are both pushouts with
monomorphic top maps, and let R be an object of an abelian category with coproducts. The
relative Mayer–Vietoris short complex C(P₁; R) ⟶ C(P₂; R) ⊞ C(P₃; R) ⟶ C(P₄; R) of relative
chain complexes, with first map (t, -l) and second map r + b, is then short exact
(SSetPair.shortExact_mayerVietoris). Its homology sequence is the relative Mayer–Vietoris long
exact sequence
⋯ ⟶ Hₙ(P₁) ⟶ Hₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃) ⟶ Hₙ(P₄) ⟶ Hₙ₋₁(P₁) ⟶ ⋯.
The relative chains of a pair are the cokernel of the chains of its subobject in those of its
ambient simplicial set, so the relative short complex is the cokernel of the morphism from the
absolute Mayer–Vietoris short exact sequence of the subobjects to that of the ambient simplicial
sets. The ambient component of that morphism in the last term is a monomorphism, so the snake
lemma (CategoryTheory.ShortComplex.ShortExact.of_isColimit_cokernelCofork) shows that the
cokernel is short exact.
In the typical instance the four ambient simplicial sets are one simplicial set K with identity
maps between them, and the subobjects are the intersection, the two members and the union of two
subcomplexes of K. For the singular simplicial set of a space X and the singular simplices of
open sets U ∩ V, U, V and of U or V, the small-chain theorem turns this into the sequence
⋯ ⟶ Hₙ(X, U ∩ V) ⟶ Hₙ(X, U) ⊞ Hₙ(X, V) ⟶ Hₙ(X, U ∪ V) ⟶ ⋯ (TopCat.relativeMayerVietorisδ).
Main definitions and results #
SSetPair.shortExact_mayerVietoris: the relative Mayer–Vietoris short complex is short exact.SSetPair.isSplitEpi_mayerVietoris_g_f: in each degree its last map is a split epimorphism.SSetPair.mayerVietorisToBiprod,SSetPair.mayerVietorisFromBiprod: the mapsHₙ(P₁) ⟶ Hₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃)andHₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃) ⟶ Hₙ(P₄).SSetPair.mayerVietorisδ: the connecting morphismHₙ(P₄) ⟶ Hₘ(P₁)form + 1 = n.SSetPair.mayerVietoris_exact₁,SSetPair.mayerVietoris_exact₂,SSetPair.mayerVietoris_exact₃: exactness atHₘ(P₁), atHₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃)and atHₙ(P₄).SSetPair.epi_mayerVietorisFromBiprod_zero: surjectivity at the degree-zero endpoint.SSetPair.mayerVietorisToBiprod_naturality,SSetPair.mayerVietorisFromBiprod_naturality,SSetPair.mayerVietorisδ_naturality: the maps of the sequence are natural in maps of squares of pairs.
References #
- A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Section 2.2, the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence.
The short exact sequence of relative chain complexes #
The first map C(P₁) ⟶ C(P₂) ⊞ C(P₃) of relative chains followed by the second map
C(P₂) ⊞ C(P₃) ⟶ C(P₄) vanishes for a commutative square of pairs.
The relative Mayer–Vietoris short exact sequence. For a commutative square of pairs of
simplicial sets whose squares of subobjects and of ambient simplicial sets are pushouts with
monomorphic top maps, the relative chain complexes form a short exact sequence
C(P₁) ⟶ C(P₂) ⊞ C(P₃) ⟶ C(P₄) with first map (t, -l) and second map r + b.
In each degree, the last map C(P₂) ⊞ C(P₃) ⟶ C(P₄) of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence of
a square of pairs of simplicial sets is a split epimorphism, when the square of ambient simplicial
sets is a pushout with monomorphic top map. A section is the composite of a section
C(P₄) ⟶ C(P₄.right) of the quotient map from ambient to relative chains, a section of the
absolute Mayer–Vietoris sequence of the ambient simplicial sets, and the quotient maps to relative
chains.
The long exact sequence #
The first map Hₙ(P₁) ⟶ Hₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃) of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence, with
components t_* and -l_*.
Instances For
The second map Hₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃) ⟶ Hₙ(P₄) of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence, the sum of
r_* and b_*.
Instances For
The first map of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares of pairs.
The first map of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares of pairs.
The second map of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares of pairs.
The second map of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence is natural in maps of squares of pairs.
The relative Mayer–Vietoris connecting morphism Hₙ(P₄) ⟶ Hₘ(P₁), where m + 1 = n: the
connecting morphism of the relative Mayer–Vietoris short exact sequence of chain complexes.
Instances For
Exactness of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence at Hₘ(P₁).
Exactness of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence at Hₙ(P₂) ⊞ Hₙ(P₃).
Exactness of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence at Hₙ(P₄).
The map H₀(P₂) ⊞ H₀(P₃) ⟶ H₀(P₄) at the end of the relative Mayer–Vietoris sequence is an
epimorphism.
Naturality of the relative Mayer–Vietoris connecting morphism in maps of squares of pairs.
Naturality of the relative Mayer–Vietoris connecting morphism in maps of squares of pairs.