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Title of object: tensor product of chain complexes
Canonical Name: TensorProductOfChainComplexes
Type: Definition

Created on: 2006-09-07 04:30:20
Modified on: 2006-09-07 04:31:22

Creator: Mazzu
Modifier: Mazzu
Author: Mazzu

Classification: msc:16E05
Keywords: chain complex
Defines: tensor product of chain complexes

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Let $C'=\gbra{C_n',\pap n}$ and $C''=\gbra{C_n'',\papp n}$ be two chain complex, their \emph{tensor product} $C'\otimes C''=\gbra{(C'\otimes C'')_n,\pa n}$ is the chain complex defined by
$$ (C'\otimes C'')_n = \bigoplus_{i+j=n}(C_i'\otimes C_j''), $$
$$ \pa n(t'_i\otimes s''_j) = \pap i(t'_i)\otimes s''_j + (-1)^i t'_i\otimes \papp j(s''_j),\ \ \ \forall t'_i\in C_i', s''_j\in C_j'',\ (i+j=n).$$

This is a good definition, in fact for each $t'_i\otimes s''_j\in C_i'\otimes C_j''\subseteq (C'\otimes C'')_{i+j}$ we have
$$\pa{i+j-1} \pa {i+j}(t'_i\otimes s''_j)=\pa{i+j-1}\cbra{ \pap i(t'_i)\otimes s''_j + (-1)^i t'_i\otimes \papp j(s''_j) }= (-1)^{i-1} \pap i(t'_i)\otimes \papp j(s''_j)+(-1)^i \pap i(t'_i)\otimes \papp j(s''_j)=0,$$
thus $C'\otimes C''$ is a chain complex.