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Torsor-cotorsor duality of Ext groups

Category Theory 2020-06-30 v1

Abstract

Let AA be a ring, and let MM and NN be AA-modules. Then NN can be viewed as a group object in the category AA-Mod/MM of AA-modules over MM and Ext1(M,N)^1(M, N) can be interpreted as the set of isomorphism classes of NN-torsors. Alternatively, MM can be viewed as a cogroup object in the category NN/AA-Mod of AA-modules under NN and Ext1(M,N)^1(M, N) can be interpreted as the set of isomorphism classes of MM-cotorsors.

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@article{arxiv.2006.15996,
  title  = {Torsor-cotorsor duality of Ext groups},
  author = {Nicholas Mertes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.15996},
  year   = {2020}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2006.04230

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