nLab rational cohomology

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Context

Rational homotopy theory

Cohomology

cohomology

Special and general types

Special notions

Variants

Extra structure

Operations

Theorems

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Idea

By rational cohomology one usually means ordinary cohomology with rational number coefficients, denoted H (,)H^\bullet\big(-, \mathbb{Q}\big).

Hence, with the pertinent conditions on the domain space XX satisfied, its rational cohomology H (,)H^\bullet\big(-, \mathbb{Q}\big) is what is computed by the Cech cohomology or singular cohomology or sheaf cohomology of XX with coefficients in \mathbb{Q}.

Properties

Universal coefficient theorem

Example

(universal coefficient theorem in rational cohomology)

For rational numbers-coefficients \mathbb{Q}, the Ext groups Ext 1(;)Ext^1(-;\mathbb{Q}) vanish, and hence the universal coefficient theorem identifies rational cohomology groups with the dual vector space of the rational vector space of rational homology groups:

H (;)Hom (H (;);). H^\bullet \big( -; \, \mathbb{Q} \big) \;\; \simeq \;\; Hom_{\mathbb{Z}} \Big( H_\bullet\big(-;\,\mathbb{Q} \big); \, \mathbb{Q} \Big) \,.

(e.g. Moerman 15, Cor. 1.2.1)

PL de Rham theorem

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