Lemma 57.10.4. Let \mathcal{A} be an abelian category with enough negative objects. Let X \in D^ b(\mathcal{A}). Let b \in \mathbf{Z} with H^ i(X) = 0 for i > b. Then there exists a map N[-b] \to X such that the induced map N \to H^ b(X) is surjective and \mathop{\mathrm{Hom}}\nolimits (H^ b(X), N) = 0.
Proof. Using the truncation functors we can represent X by a complex A^ a \to A^{a + 1} \to \ldots \to A^ b of objects of \mathcal{A}. Choose N in \mathcal{A} such that there exists a surjection t : N \to A^ b and such that \mathop{\mathrm{Hom}}\nolimits (A^ b, N) = 0. Then the surjection t defines a map N[-b] \to X as desired. \square
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