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Ext is hom in the derived category

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Dependent Choice. Let M,N be objects of an abelian category and n0. With enough projectives and supplied projective resolutions, or with enough injectives and supplied injective resolutions, there is a natural isomorphism Extn(M,N)HomD(A)(M[0],N[n]). The Ext group is the classical construction relative to the supplied data. Either resolution hypothesis suffices; when both apply the two comparisons agree through the mixed Hom complex.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Dependent Choice, objects M,N of an abelian category, an integer n0, and one of the two stated supplied one-sided resolution systems.

[F1]

Hom out of a K-projective is computed in the homotopy category (Morphisms from a homotopically projective complex need no roof).

[F2]

Hom into a K-injective is computed in the homotopy category (Morphisms into a homotopically injective complex need no roof).

[F3]

Bounded-above complexes of projectives are K-projective under DC (A bounded above complex of projectives is homotopically projective).

[F4]

Bounded-below complexes of injectives are K-injective under DC (A bounded below complex of injectives is homotopically injective).

[F5]

Hom in the homotopy category is degree-zero homology of the Hom complex (Hom in the homotopy category is zero-degree homology of the Hom complex).

[F6]

Classical projective Ext is cohomology of the resolution Hom complex with differential given by precomposition (Ext via a projective resolution of the first variable).

[F7]

Classical injective Ext is cohomology of the resolution Hom complex with differential given by postcomposition (Ext via an injective resolution of the second variable).

Proof

1.1

In the projective case take PM[0] with Pi=0 for i>0. By [F3], P is K-projective. Replacing the source and removing roofs gives HomD(M,N[n])=HomK(P,N[n]). Reindexing the degree-zero Hom theorem gives the latter as HnHom(P,N). This applies also to M=0 or N=0.

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1.2

In the injective case take N[0]I with Ii=0 below zero. By [F4], I and each shift I[n] are K-injective. Replacing the target and removing roofs gives HomD(M,N[n])=HomK(M,I[n])=HnHom(M,I). Here the differential is exactly the classical injective Ext differential, so no correction is needed.

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2.1

The classical projective Ext differential is precomposition with the resolution differential, whereas the cochain Hom differential on degree q maps into N[0] is (1)q+1 times precomposition. Multiplication in degree q by (1)q(q+1)/2 is a complex isomorphism from the classical complex to this Hom complex. It identifies their cohomology in all n0, with sign +1 in degree zero.

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3.1

For a morphism of objects, the corresponding comparison between their supplied resolutions is the unique homotopy class representing that morphism after localization: existence and uniqueness follow from [F1] on the projective side and [F2] on the injective side. Consequently the Hom identifications are natural in both objects. When both resolutions exist, put T=Hom(P,I). The maps Hom(P,N)THom(M,I) induce cohomology isomorphisms: by [F5], each degree-n map is the map on homotopy Hom, which [F1] or [F2] identifies with composition by the corresponding invertible resolution map in D. Composing this span with the classical-projective sign isomorphism of step 2.1 defines the mixed-complex identification of the two classical Ext constructions. Their maps to derived Hom agree under this identification, since the two localized composites agree. In degree zero every sign is +1 and ordinary morphisms, including identities, are preserved.

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