A module splitting of augmentation #
Choosing an index splits the augmentation sequence as modules: subtract the coefficient sum
at that index to project onto the sum-zero submodule. This projection is not generally
equivariant, since the chosen index need not be fixed. It gives a split presentation of the
augmentation module that remains exact after arbitrary extension of scalars. Over a commutative
ring it also shows that every linear form on the augmentation module extends to R[X]
(TauCeti.dualRestrict_augmentationSubrepresentation_surjective).
Project onto the sum-zero permutation module by subtracting the coefficient sum at x₀.
This is a module map, not in general an equivariant map: the chosen index need not be fixed.
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The projection subtracts the coefficient sum times the basis vector at the chosen index.
The sum-zero projection is a retraction of the augmentation inclusion.
The kernel of the sum-zero projection consists of the multiples of the chosen basis vector.
Every sum-zero vector is in the image of the projection.
Every linear form on the augmentation subrepresentation extends to R[X], over any
commutative ring: compose it with the sum-zero projection at any index.