Graded commutativity of the Tate cup product #
For a finite group G, the tensor braiding identifies the two orders of the Tate cup product up to
the Koszul sign: for classes x of degree p and y of degree q,
β (x ∪ y) = (-1)^(p * q) (y ∪ x) (TauCeti.TateCohomology.cup_gradedComm).
When one class has degree zero the sign is trivial, and the result is built into the construction
of the all-degree product. The product in bidegree (p, 0) is cupH0, while the product in
bidegree (0, p) is its opposite transported through the tensor braiding (cup0H). The symmetry
identity for the braiding then gives both edge forms.
The general case follows by induction on the second degree q, through the upward and downward
dimension-shifting sequences of the second coefficient representation. On the left, the cup product
with a shifted class satisfies x ∪ δ y = (-1)^p δ (x ∪ y) by definition, and the braiding commutes
with the connecting maps. On the right, δ y ∪ x = δ (y ∪ x) because the dimension-shifting
sequences split k-linearly (TauCeti.TateCohomology.δ_cup_of_leftInverse). The extra sign
(-1)^p is the change of the Koszul sign from (-1)^(p * q) to (-1)^(p * (q + 1)).
Main statements #
TauCeti.TateCohomology.cupH0_eq_flip_cup0H: graded commutativity in bidegree(p, 0).TauCeti.TateCohomology.cup0H_eq_flip_cupH0: graded commutativity in bidegree(0, q).TauCeti.TateCohomology.cup_gradedComm: graded commutativity in all integer bidegrees.TauCeti.TateCohomology.cup_right_comm:(x ∪ y) ∪ zand(x ∪ z) ∪ yagree up to the Koszul sign(-1) ^ (q * s)and the structure isomorphisms of the coefficient modules.
References #
- E. Artin and J. Tate, Class Field Theory, Preliminaries §2.
- K. S. Brown, Cohomology of Groups, Chapter VI, §5.
Graded commutativity in bidegree (p, 0): after braiding the coefficients, cupping a
degree-p class with a degree-zero class agrees with cupping in the opposite order. The Koszul
sign is trivial because the second degree is zero.
Graded commutativity in bidegree (0, q): after braiding the coefficients, cupping a
degree-zero class with a degree-q class agrees with cupping in the opposite order. The Koszul
sign is trivial because the first degree is zero.
Graded commutativity in all bidegrees #
Graded commutativity of the Tate cup product: after braiding the coefficients, cupping a
class x of degree p with a class y of degree q agrees with cupping in the opposite order up
to the Koszul sign, β (x ∪ y) = (-1)^(p * q) (y ∪ x), in all integer bidegrees.
Right commutativity of the iterated cup product. Cupping x ∪ y with z and cupping
x ∪ z with y agree up to the Koszul sign (-1) ^ (q * s) and the associators and braiding
identifying the coefficient modules (M ⊗ N) ⊗ P and (M ⊗ P) ⊗ N.