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FALSE: an acyclic mapping cone is contractible
Statement
Every acyclic mapping cone is contractible.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The zero map from the three-term complex to the zero complex.
The statement refuted is: every acyclic mapping cone is contractible.
A contractible complex is one whose identity map is null-homotopic (A contractible complex).
The cone of the zero map is the direct sum with a shift (The cone of the zero map is the direct sum with a shift).
Shift preserves contractibility and quasi-isomorphism status (Shift preserves homotopy equivalences, contractibility, and quasi-isomorphisms).
A quasi-isomorphism is a chain map inducing isomorphisms on all homology objects (Quasi-isomorphism).
Refutation
The displayed source complex is acyclic: multiplication by is injective, reduction modulo is surjective, and its kernel is , the image of the first map. If it were contractible, [L1] would make its identity null-homotopic; in degree that would supply a section of the quotient map , which is impossible. Thus the source complex is acyclic and noncontractible.
By [L2], the displayed mapping cone is the shift of the source complex. Because the zero map from an acyclic complex to the zero complex induces isomorphisms on all homology groups, [L4] makes that map a quasi-isomorphism; then [L3] makes its shift a quasi-isomorphism too. Hence the cone is acyclic. If it were contractible, applying [L3] with shift would make the source complex contractible, contradicting step 1.1. Therefore the displayed mapping cone is acyclic but not contractible, directly contradicting [A1]. This is why the cone criteria for quasi-isomorphism and homotopy equivalence are different.
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Sources
- Charles A. Weibel, Chapter 1 of An Introduction to Homological Algebra (standard reference, not scraped)