Definition of an exact sequence











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I am a beginner at homology, and I am trying to learn it from this text: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~jean/sheaves-cohomology.pdf



I see the following definitions for exact sequences and short exact sequences :



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But then later on I see this:



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This is where I get confused :




  • How can that sequence be exact ? from the earlier definition I thought that this would require 2 mappings ?


  • why is g surjective ? I see surjectivity appear in the context of short exact sequences, not in the context of (merely) exact sequences (and that sequence is not a short exact sequence either since it does not start with 0 as per the earlier definition ?)







definition homology-cohomology homological-algebra exact-sequence







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    I am a beginner at homology, and I am trying to learn it from this text: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~jean/sheaves-cohomology.pdf



    I see the following definitions for exact sequences and short exact sequences :



    enter image description here



    But then later on I see this:



    enter image description here



    This is where I get confused :




    • How can that sequence be exact ? from the earlier definition I thought that this would require 2 mappings ?


    • why is g surjective ? I see surjectivity appear in the context of short exact sequences, not in the context of (merely) exact sequences (and that sequence is not a short exact sequence either since it does not start with 0 as per the earlier definition ?)







    definition homology-cohomology homological-algebra exact-sequence







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      I am a beginner at homology, and I am trying to learn it from this text: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~jean/sheaves-cohomology.pdf



      I see the following definitions for exact sequences and short exact sequences :



      enter image description here



      But then later on I see this:



      enter image description here



      This is where I get confused :




      • How can that sequence be exact ? from the earlier definition I thought that this would require 2 mappings ?


      • why is g surjective ? I see surjectivity appear in the context of short exact sequences, not in the context of (merely) exact sequences (and that sequence is not a short exact sequence either since it does not start with 0 as per the earlier definition ?)







      definition homology-cohomology homological-algebra exact-sequence







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      I am a beginner at homology, and I am trying to learn it from this text: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~jean/sheaves-cohomology.pdf



      I see the following definitions for exact sequences and short exact sequences :



      enter image description here



      But then later on I see this:



      enter image description here



      This is where I get confused :




      • How can that sequence be exact ? from the earlier definition I thought that this would require 2 mappings ?


      • why is g surjective ? I see surjectivity appear in the context of short exact sequences, not in the context of (merely) exact sequences (and that sequence is not a short exact sequence either since it does not start with 0 as per the earlier definition ?)







      definition homology-cohomology homological-algebra exact-sequence




      definition homology-cohomology homological-algebra exact-sequence






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          That sequence has two mappings. The one from $C$ to the null module $0$ is the null map (there are no other choices). And the kernel of the null map is, of course, the whole $C$. Therefore, claiming that that sequence is exact is equivalent to the assertion that $g$ is surjective.






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          That sequence has two mappings. The one from $C$ to the null module $0$ is the null map (there are no other choices). And the kernel of the null map is, of course, the whole $C$. Therefore, claiming that that sequence is exact is equivalent to the assertion that $g$ is surjective.






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          That sequence has two mappings. The one from $C$ to the null module $0$ is the null map (there are no other choices). And the kernel of the null map is, of course, the whole $C$. Therefore, claiming that that sequence is exact is equivalent to the assertion that $g$ is surjective.






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          That sequence has two mappings. The one from $C$ to the null module $0$ is the null map (there are no other choices). And the kernel of the null map is, of course, the whole $C$. Therefore, claiming that that sequence is exact is equivalent to the assertion that $g$ is surjective.






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          That sequence has two mappings. The one from $C$ to the null module $0$ is the null map (there are no other choices). And the kernel of the null map is, of course, the whole $C$. Therefore, claiming that that sequence is exact is equivalent to the assertion that $g$ is surjective.







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