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Zig-zag lemma

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Construction of the boundary maps
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In mathematics, particularly homological algebra, the zig-zag lemma asserts the existence of a particular long exact sequence in the homology groups of certain chain complexes. The result is valid in every abelian category.

Statement

In an abelian category (such as the category of abelian groups or the category of vector spaces over a given field), let and be chain complexes that fit into the following short exact sequence:

Such a sequence is shorthand for the following commutative diagram:

where the rows are exact sequences and each column is a chain complex.

The zig-zag lemma asserts that there is a collection of boundary maps

that makes the following sequence exact:

The maps and are the usual maps induced by homology. The boundary maps are explained below. The name of the lemma arises from the "zig-zag" behavior of the maps in the sequence. In an unfortunate overlap in terminology, this theorem is also commonly known as the "snake lemma," although there is another result in homological algebra with that name. The other snake lemma can be used to prove the zig-zag lemma, in a manner different from what is described below.

Construction of the boundary maps

The maps are defined using a standard diagram chasing argument. Let represent a class in , so . Exactness of the row implies that is surjective, so there must be some with . By commutativity of the diagram,

By exactness,

Thus, since is injective, there is a unique element such that . This is a cycle, since is injective and

since . That is, . This means is a cycle, so it represents a class in . We can now define

With the boundary maps defined, one can show that they are well-defined (that is, independent of the choices of c and b). The proof uses diagram chasing arguments similar to that above. Such arguments are also used to show that the sequence in homology is exact at each group.

References

{{cite book | first = Allen | last = Hatcher | authorlink = Allen Hatcher | year = 2002 | title = Algebraic Topology | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 0-521-79540-0 | url = http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/AT/ATpage.html}}
{{Lang Algebra}}
{{cite book | first = James R. | last = Munkres | authorlink = James Munkres | year = 1993 | title = Elements of Algebraic Topology | publisher = Westview Press | location = New York | isbn = 0-201-62728-0}}

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Construction of the boundary maps

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