Lemma 15.71.5. Let $R$ be a ring. Given complexes $K^\bullet , L^\bullet $ of $R$-modules there is a canonical morphism
of complexes of $R$-modules functorial in both complexes.
Lemma 15.71.5. Let $R$ be a ring. Given complexes $K^\bullet , L^\bullet $ of $R$-modules there is a canonical morphism
of complexes of $R$-modules functorial in both complexes.
Proof. Via the discussion in Remark 15.71.2 the existence of such a canonical map follows from Categories, Remark 4.43.12. We also give a direct construction.
Let $\alpha $ be an element of degree $n$ of the right hand side. Thus
Each $\alpha ^{p, q}$ is an element
where we think of $\alpha ^{r, s, q}$ as a family of maps such that for every $x \in L^{-q}$ only a finite number of $\alpha ^{r, s, q}(x)$ are nonzero. By our sign rules we get
Now an element $\beta \in K^ n$ we send to $\alpha $ with $\alpha ^{n, -q, q} = \beta \otimes \text{id}_{L^{-q}}$ and $\alpha ^{r, s, q} = 0$ if $r \not= n$. This is indeed an element as above, as for fixed $q$ there is only one nonzero $\alpha ^{r, s, q}$. The description of the differential shows this is compatible with differentials. $\square$
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