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Condensed Group Cohomology

Algebraic Topology 2025-12-04 v1 Algebraic Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

Condensed mathematics as developed by Clausen and Scholze yields a version of derived functors over the category of continuous GG-modules for a Hausdorff topological group GG. We study the resulting notion of group cohomology and its relation to continuous group cohomology and the condensed/sheaf/singular cohomology of classifying spaces. While condensed group cohomology is generally a more refined invariant than continuous group cohomology, we show that for a broad class of topological groups, continuous group cohomology with solid coefficients, such as locally profinite continuous GG-modules, can be realized as a derived functor in the condensed setting. We also revisit cornerstones of condensed mathematics, paying special attention to set-theoretic size issues. To this end, we review a framework for working with accessible (hyper)sheaves on large sites satisfying suitable accessibility conditions and show that the associated categories retain many topos-like properties. Moreover, we generalize identifications of condensed with sheaf cohomology obtained by Clausen and Scholze.

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@article{arxiv.2512.03648,
  title  = {Condensed Group Cohomology},
  author = {Emma Brink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.03648},
  year   = {2025}
}

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