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Projective resolutions in an abelian category

Definition

Let $A$ be an object of an abelian category. A projective resolution of $A$ is an augmented chain complex $\dots \to P_{2} \to P_{1} \to P_{0} \overset{ε}{\to} A \to 0$ such that every $P_{n}$ is projective and the augmented complex is exact at every displayed term.

Thus a projective resolution is an exact way of recovering $A$ from projective objects arranged in homological degrees.

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Used by

Under the Axiom of Choice, every module admits a projective resolution Corollary
Augmentation-preserving maps of projective resolutions Definition
Deleted resolutions Definition
Syzygies and cosyzygies relative to a chosen resolution Definition
The length of a resolution Definition
Extending a partial comparison map by one degree Lemma
The degree-zero horseshoe lift Lemma
A projective object has a length-zero projective resolution Proposition
A chosen chain of projective epimorphisms gives a projective resolution Theorem
Projective comparison maps exist Theorem
The horseshoe lemma for projective resolutions Theorem

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Sources

Charles A. Weibel, An Introduction to Homological Algebra (standard reference, not scraped)
Romyar Sharifi, Homological Algebra (standard reference, not scraped)