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A contractible complex is acyclic
Statement
Every contractible chain complex is acyclic.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A contractible chain complex .
[L1]
A contractible complex is chain homotopy equivalent to the zero complex (A contractible complex).
[L2]
A chain homotopy equivalence is a quasi-isomorphism (A chain homotopy equivalence is a quasi-isomorphism).
Proof
technique · direct
1.1L1given
By [L1], the unique map is a chain homotopy equivalence.
2.1L2step 1.1algebra∎
Then [L2] makes a quasi-isomorphism. Since the zero complex has zero homology in every degree, for all , so is acyclic.