Master thesis on Rational Homotopy Theory
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51 lines
2.3 KiB
51 lines
2.3 KiB
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\section{The free cdga}
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\label{sec:free-cdga}
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Just as in ordinary linear algebra we can form an algebra from any graded module. Furthermore we will see that a differential induces a derivation.
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\begin{definition}
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The \emph{tensor algebra} of a graded module $M$ is defined as
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$$ T(M) = \bigoplus_{n\in\N} M^{\tensor n}, $$
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where $M^{\tensor 0} = \k$. An element $m = m_1 \tensor \ldots \tensor m_n$ has a \emph{word length} of $n$ and its degree is $\deg{m} = \sum_{i=i}^n \deg{m_i}$. The multiplication is given by the tensor product (note that the bilinearity follows immediately).
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\end{definition}
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Note that this construction is functorial and it is free in the following sense.
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\begin{lemma}
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Let $M$ be a graded module and $A$ a graded algebra.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item A graded map $f: M \to A$ of degree $0$ extends uniquely to an algebra map $\overline{f} : TM \to A$.
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\item A differential $d: M \to M$ extends uniquely to a derivation $d: TM \to TM$.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{lemma}
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\begin{corollary}
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Let $U$ be the forgetful functor from graded algebras to graded modules, then $T$ and $U$ form an adjoint pair:
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$$ T: \grMod{\k} \leftadj \grAlg{\k} :U $$
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Moreover it extends and restricts to
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$$ T: \dgMod{\k} \leftadj \dgAlg{\k} :U $$
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$$ T: \CoCh{\k} \leftadj \DGA{\k} :U $$
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\end{corollary}
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As with the symmetric algebra and exterior algebra of a vector space, we can turn this graded tensor algebra in a commutative graded algebra.
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\begin{definition}
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Let $A$ be a graded algebra and define
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$$ I = \langle ab - (-1)^{\deg{a}\deg{b}}b a \I a,b \in A \rangle $$
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Then $A / I$ is a commutative graded algebra.
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For a graded module $M$ we define the \emph{free commutative graded algebra} as
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$$ \Lambda(M) = TM / I $$
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\end{definition}
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Again this extends to differential graded modules (i.e. the ideal is preserved by the derivative) and restricts to cochain complexes.
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\begin{lemma}
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We have the following adjunctions:
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$$ \Lambda: \grMod{\k} \leftadj \grAlg{\k}^{comm} :U $$
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$$ \Lambda: \dgMod{\k} \leftadj \dgAlg{\k}^{comm} :U $$
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$$ \Lambda: \CoCh{\k} \leftadj \CDGA_\k :U $$
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\end{lemma}
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We can now easily construct cdga's by specifying generators and their differentials. Note that a free algebra has a natural augmentation, defined as $\counit(v) = 0$ for every generator $v$ and $\counit(1) = 1$.
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