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Let f 9 A ---+ B be a G-morphism, or more generally, suppose G ~<br />

is a subgroup <strong>of</strong> G and A, B 9 Mod(G), while f is a G~-morphism.<br />

Then<br />

Ma(f) = 1 | f<br />

is a GI-morphism.<br />

w Existence <strong>of</strong> the cohomological functors on Mod(G)<br />

Although we reproduced the pro<strong>of</strong>s <strong>of</strong> uniqueness, because they<br />

were short, we now assume that the reader is acqua<strong>in</strong>ted with stan-<br />

dard facts <strong>of</strong> general homology theory. These are treated <strong>in</strong> Alge-<br />

bra, Chapter XX, <strong>of</strong> which we now use w especially Proposition<br />

8.2 giv<strong>in</strong>g the existence <strong>of</strong> the derived functors. We apply this<br />

proposition to the bifunctor<br />

T(A,B) = Homa(A,B) for A,B 9 Mod(G),<br />

with an arbitrary group G. We have<br />

We then f<strong>in</strong>d:<br />

Homa(Z, A) = A a.<br />

Theorem 3.1. Let X be a projective resolution <strong>of</strong> Z <strong>in</strong> Mod(G).<br />

Let H(A) be the homology <strong>of</strong> the complex Homa(X,A). Then<br />

H = {H ~} is a cohomology functor on Mod(G), such that<br />

Hr(A) = O if r < O.<br />

H~ = A a.<br />

Hr(A) = 0 if A is <strong>in</strong>jective <strong>in</strong> Mod(G) and r >= 1.<br />

This cohomology functor is determ<strong>in</strong>ed up to a unique isomor-<br />

phism.<br />

For the convenience <strong>of</strong> the reader, we write the first few terms <strong>of</strong><br />

the sequences implicit <strong>in</strong> Theorem 3.1. From the resolution<br />

we obta<strong>in</strong> the sequence<br />

9 "---* X1 ---* X0 ---+ Z --* 0<br />

0 --~ Horns(Z, A) --~ Horns(X0, A)-~ Homo(X1, A)-~

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