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The homology universal-coefficient sequence splits nonnaturally
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice. For a chain complex of free abelian groups and an abelian group , the homological UCT short exact sequence admits a splitting. The splitting is not asserted to be natural in or .
Proof
Given: AC, the free abelian groups , and the UCT short exact sequence of The universal coefficient theorem for homology over a PID. Write and .
By Boundaries and cycles in a free complex over a PID are free under AC, and are free abelian. Choose a basis of and a preimage in of each basis element. AC supplies these choices, which extend to a homomorphism with . Hence . The same argument gives , so the inclusion is injective.
The free presentation identifies For , the element is a cycle in : its differential is the image of in . Thus is a well-defined homomorphism. The UCT quotient map of the cited theorem first takes a cycle to its component under and then identifies that component with . Consequently its composite with is the identity on , giving the asserted splitting. The chosen section need not be preserved by chain maps, so this construction makes no naturality claim.
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Sources
- Weibel, An Introduction to Homological Algebra (standard reference, not scraped)