The Stacks project

Definition 13.8.1. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an additive category.

1. We set $\text{Comp}(\mathcal{A}) = \text{CoCh}(\mathcal{A})$ be the category of (cochain) complexes.

2. A complex $K^\bullet$ is said to be bounded below if $K^ n = 0$ for all $n \ll 0$.

3. A complex $K^\bullet$ is said to be bounded above if $K^ n = 0$ for all $n \gg 0$.

4. A complex $K^\bullet$ is said to be bounded if $K^ n = 0$ for all $|n| \gg 0$.

5. We let $\text{Comp}^{+}(\mathcal{A})$, $\text{Comp}^{-}(\mathcal{A})$, resp. $\text{Comp}^ b(\mathcal{A})$ be the full subcategory of $\text{Comp}(\mathcal{A})$ whose objects are the complexes which are bounded below, bounded above, resp. bounded.

6. We let $K(\mathcal{A})$ be the category with the same objects as $\text{Comp}(\mathcal{A})$ but as morphisms homotopy classes of maps of complexes (see Homology, Lemma 12.13.7).

7. We let $K^{+}(\mathcal{A})$, $K^{-}(\mathcal{A})$, resp. $K^ b(\mathcal{A})$ be the full subcategory of $K(\mathcal{A})$ whose objects are bounded below, bounded above, resp. bounded complexes of $\mathcal{A}$.