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Extension between functors from groups

Algebraic Topology 2018-04-04 v3 Category Theory K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

Motivated in part by the study of the stable homology of automorphism groups of free groups, we consider cohomological calculations in the category F(gr)\mathcal{F}(\textbf{gr}) of functors from finitely generated free groups to abelian groups.In particular, we compute the groups Ext_F(gr)(Tna,Tma)Ext^*\_{\mathcal{F}(\textbf{gr})}(T^n \circ \mathfrak{a}, T^m \circ \mathfrak{a}) where a\mathfrak{a} is the abelianization functor and TnT^n is the n-th tensor power functor for abelian groups. These groups are shown to be non-zero if and only if =mn0*=m-n \geq 0 and Extmn_F(gr)(Tna,Tma)=Z[Surj(m,n)]Ext^{m-n}\_{\mathcal{F}(\textbf{gr})}(T^n \circ \mathfrak{a}, T^m \circ \mathfrak{a})=\mathbb{Z}[Surj(m,n)] where Surj(m,n)Surj(m,n) is the set of surjections from a set having mm elements to a set having nn elements. We make explicit the action of symmetric groups on these groups and the Yoneda and external products. We deduce from these computations those of rational Ext-groups for functors of the form FaF \circ \mathfrak{a} where FF is a symmetric or an exterior power functor. Combining these computations with a recent result of Djament we obtain explicit computations of stable homology of automorphism groups of free groups with coefficients given by particular contravariant functors.

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@article{arxiv.1511.03098,
  title  = {Extension between functors from groups},
  author = {Christine Vespa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03098},
  year   = {2018}
}
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