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A contramodule generalization of Neeman's flat and projective module theorem

Rings and Algebras 2025-11-12 v5 Category Theory

Abstract

This paper builds on top of arXiv:2306.02734. We consider a complete, separated topological ring R\mathfrak R with a countable base of neighborhoods of zero consisting of open two-sided ideals. The main result is that the homotopy category of projective left R\mathfrak R-contramodules is equivalent to the derived category of the exact category of flat left R\mathfrak R-contramodules, and also to the homotopy category of flat cotorsion left R\mathfrak R-contramodules. In other words, a complex of flat R\mathfrak R-contramodules is contraacyclic (in the sense of Becker) if and only if it is an acyclic complex with flat R\mathfrak R-contramodules of cocycles, and if and only if it is coacyclic as a complex in the exact category of flat R\mathfrak R-contramodules. These are contramodule generalizations of theorems of Neeman and of Bazzoni, Cortes-Izurdiaga, and Estrada.

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@article{arxiv.2408.10928,
  title  = {A contramodule generalization of Neeman's flat and projective module theorem},
  author = {Leonid Positselski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.10928},
  year   = {2025}
}

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LaTeX 2e, 34 pages; v.2: Remark 5.4 added, new Sections 7-10 inserted; abstract, introduction, and the last section expanded; v.3: a misprint corrected, a reference updated; Remark 8.2, with added references, inserted; v.4: several misprints corrected, two references added in Section 2; v.5: several misprints corrected

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