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Lemma 13.27.10. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an abelian category. Assume $\mathop{\mathrm{Ext}}\nolimits ^2_\mathcal {A}(B, A) = 0$ for any pair of objects $A$, $B$ of $\mathcal{A}$. Then any object $K$ of $D^ b(\mathcal{A})$ is isomorphic to the direct sum of its cohomologies: $K \cong \bigoplus H^ i(K)[-i]$.

Proof. The assumption implies that $\mathop{\mathrm{Ext}}\nolimits ^ i_\mathcal {A}(B, A) = 0$ for $i \geq 2$ and any pair of objects $A, B$ of $\mathcal{A}$ by Lemma 13.27.8. Hence this lemma is a special case of Lemma 13.27.9. $\square$


Comments (6)

Comment #4000 by Zhiyu Zhang on

I am not sure this proposition is true... "Again using induction we see that " shall the right side's index sum be rather than ? For example, let be centralized on degree and , then right side must be zero in your notation..

Comment #4001 by on

This lemma is definitively true and the proof is correct too. The problem may be that we use the notation where it would have been more clear to write , so first truncate and then shift to the left by . Also, the truncation has the same cohomology objects as in cohomological degree and zero in degrees . Some people would write instead.

Comment #4003 by Zhiyu Zhang on

Oh I see, it's better to write , thank you!

Comment #4005 by Zhiyu Zhang on

OK, It's also because of a typo that made me confused at first : the index on the right side of shall be , so and we can use the assumption to deduce this lemma.

Comment #4006 by on

Oops, yes I will fix this later. Thanks

Comment #4117 by on

Dear Zhiyu Zhang, thanks again for pointing out this very confusing mistake. I have now finally fixed this here.


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