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Corollary 2.2. If G = {e} then H$(A) = 0/or all r > O.<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. Def<strong>in</strong>e HG by lett<strong>in</strong>g H~(A) = A e and H~(A) = 0 for<br />

r # 0. Then it is immediately verified that He is a cohomologica/<br />

functor, to which we can apply the uniqueness theorem.<br />

Corollary 2.3. Let n E Z and let nA " A --* A be the morphism<br />

a ~-+ na for a E A. Then H~(nA) =nH (where H stands for<br />

Hb(A)).<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. S<strong>in</strong>ce the coboundary 8 is additive, it commutes with<br />

multiplication by n, and aga/n we can apply the uniqueness theo-<br />

rem.<br />

The existence <strong>of</strong> the functor HG will be proved <strong>in</strong> the next sec-<br />

tion.<br />

We say that G operates trivially on A if A = A a, that is<br />

cra -- a for all a E A and ~ C G. We always assume that G<br />

operates trivially on Z, Q, and Q/Z.<br />

We def<strong>in</strong>e the abehan group<br />

AG = A/IAa.<br />

This is the factor group <strong>of</strong> A by the subgroup <strong>of</strong> elements <strong>of</strong> the<br />

form (or - e)a with cr E G and a C A. The association<br />

A ~-+ AG<br />

is a functor from Mod(G) <strong>in</strong>to Grab.<br />

Let U be a subgroup <strong>of</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ite <strong>in</strong>dex <strong>in</strong> G. We may then def<strong>in</strong>e<br />

the trace<br />

S~: A U --* A G by the formula SU(a) = E 6a,<br />

where {c} is the set <strong>of</strong> left cosets <strong>of</strong> U <strong>in</strong> G, and 6 is a representative<br />

<strong>of</strong> c, so that<br />

G= [.3 ~U.<br />

If U = {e}, then G is f<strong>in</strong>ite, and <strong>in</strong> that case the trace is written<br />

SG, so<br />

SG(a) = E (;a.<br />

~6G<br />

For the record, we state the follow<strong>in</strong>g useful lemma.<br />

C<br />

C

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