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Obstructions to Liftings in Commutative Squares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Irwin S. Pressman
Irwin S. Pressman*
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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A commutative square (1) of morphisms is said to have a lifting if there is a morphism λ: B 1 → A 2 such that λϕ 1 = α and ϕ 2λ = β

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Let us assume that we are working in a fixed abelian category . Therefore, ϕ i will have a kernel “Ki ” and a cokernel “Ci ” for i = 1, 2. Let k : K 1 → K 2 and c: C1 → C 2 denote the canonical morphisms induced by α and β.

We shall construct a short exact sequence (s.e.s.)

2

using the data of (1). We shall prove that (1) has a lifting if and only if k = 0, c = 0, and (2) represents the zero class in Ext1(C 1, K 2). Furthermore, if (1) has one lifting, then the liftings will be in one-to-one correspondence with the elements of the set |Hom(G 1, K 2)|.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 1971 , pp. 977 - 982
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1971

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