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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 119 6 a Solution by
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A complex in an abelian category is a sequence with . A sequence is exact when the image of every incoming map equals the kernel of the outgoing map.
The Five lemma says that in a morphism between exact five-term sequences, suitable epimorphism assumptions on the left and monomorphism assumptions on the right, together with isomorphisms in the four surrounding positions, force the middle map to be an isomorphism.
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