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Projective resolutions
A projective resolution P : ProjectiveResolution Z
of an object Z : C
consists of
a ℕ
-indexed chain complex P.complex
of projective objects,
along with a chain map P.π
from C
to the chain complex consisting just of Z
in degree zero,
so that the augmented chain complex is exact.
When C
is abelian, this exactness condition is equivalent to π
being a quasi-isomorphism.
It turns out that this formulation allows us to set up the basic theory derived functors
without even assuming C
is abelian.
(Typically, however, to show has_projective_resolutions C
one will assume enough_projectives C
and abelian C
.
This construction appears in category_theory.abelian.projectives
.)
We show that give P : ProjectiveResolution X
and Q : ProjectiveResolution Y
,
any morphism X ⟶ Y
admits a lift to a chain map P.complex ⟶ Q.complex
.
(It is a lift in the sense that
the projection maps P.π
and Q.π
intertwine the lift and the original morphism.)
Moreover, we show that any two such lifts are homotopic.
As a consequence, if every object admits a projective resolution,
we can construct a functor projective_resolutions C : C ⥤ homotopy_category C
.