The degree-zero case of the Tate isomorphism #
Cup product with a degree-two class sends the canonical generator of degree-zero Tate cohomology with trivial integral coefficients to that class. Consequently, if the class generates second cohomology and that group has the order of the Galois group, the degree-zero cup-product map is an isomorphism. In a class formation these conditions hold for the fundamental class. This is the degree-zero input to Tate's cup-product criterion.
The cup-product normalization follows Artin and Tate, Class Field Theory, Preliminaries §2 and Chapter XIV §4.
At degree zero, the class-formation cup map is the generic cup map with trivial integral
coefficients. The target degrees 0 + 2 and 2 agree by normalization.
In degree zero, cup product with u sends the canonical trivial-coefficient class of 1
to u in Tate degree two. This fixes the orientation of the degree-zero Tate isomorphism.
Degree-zero case of Tate's cup-product criterion: if a degree-two class generates
H²(U/V, A^V) and this group has order [U : V], cupping with it is an equivalence from
degree-zero Tate cohomology with trivial integral coefficients to Tate degree two.
In degree zero, cup product with the fundamental class is bijective. This is the degree-zero case of Tate's theorem for a class formation.
The degree-zero Tate isomorphism of a class formation, with underlying map cup product by the fundamental class.
Instances For
The degree-zero equivalence acts by cup product with the fundamental class.
The underlying homomorphism of the degree-zero equivalence is cup product with the fundamental class.