Topics in Cohomology of Groups_Serge Lang.pdf
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(c) Inflation. Let A : G ---, G/G' be a surjective homomor-<br />
phism. Let A E Mod(G). Then A G' is a G/G'-module for the<br />
obvious action <strong>in</strong>duced by the action <strong>of</strong> G, trivia[ on G', and <strong>of</strong><br />
course A G' is also a G-module for this operation. We have a mor-<br />
phism <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>clusion<br />
u : A a' ~ A<br />
<strong>in</strong> Mod(G), which <strong>in</strong>duces a homomorphism<br />
H~(u) = u~ " H~(G,A a') ~ H~(G,A) for r => 0.<br />
We def<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong>flation<br />
<strong>in</strong>t~a/c'- H~(G/G',A a') ---, H~(G,A)<br />
to be the composite <strong>of</strong> the functorial morphism<br />
H"(G/G',A a' ) .-_, H"(G,A a' )<br />
followed by the <strong>in</strong>duced homomorphism ur for r => 0. Note that<br />
<strong>in</strong>flation is NOT def<strong>in</strong>ed for the special cohomology functor when<br />
G is f<strong>in</strong>ite.<br />
In dimension 0, the <strong>in</strong>flation therefore gives the identity map<br />
(A G' )G/G' --+ A G.<br />
In dimension r > 0, it is <strong>in</strong>duced by the cocha<strong>in</strong> homomorphism <strong>in</strong><br />
the standard complex, which to each cocha<strong>in</strong> {f(~h,... ,~r)} with<br />
~i E G/G' associates the cocha<strong>in</strong> {f(al,... ,~rr)} whose values are<br />
constant on cosets <strong>of</strong> G'.<br />
We have already observed that if G acts trivially on A, then<br />
Hi(G, A) is simply Horn(G, A). Therefore we obta<strong>in</strong>:<br />
Proposition 1.3. Let G' be a normal subgroup o/G and sup-<br />
pose G acts trivially on A. Then the <strong>in</strong>flatwn<br />
<strong>in</strong>i~a/c'- HI(G/G',A a') ~ HI(G,A)<br />
<strong>in</strong>duces the <strong>in</strong>flation <strong>of</strong> a homomorphism ~ : G/G' --* A to a<br />
homomorphism X " G --~ A.<br />
Let G' be a normal subgroup <strong>of</strong> G. We may consider the asso-<br />
ciation<br />
FG:A~A G'