 Herbrand quotient of a finite module

For a finite module acted on by a cyclic group, write $D=\sigma -1$ and $N=1+\sigma +\cdots +{\sigma }^{n-1}$. The two Tate cohomology group sizes are $|\ker D|/|NM|$ and $|\ker N|/|DM|$. The equalities $|NM|=|M|/|\ker N|$ and $|DM|=|M|/|\ker D|$ show that these sizes are equal. The exact-sequence multiplication rule for the Herbrand quotient consequently makes it unchanged by finite-index modifications of lattices.