Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-114/1/ii/solution

For the elementary complex with differential , reduction modulo is acyclic if . If , its mod- homology has one in each of degrees and , and the Bockstein from the upper group to the lower group is multiplication by modulo . It is an isomorphism when , so its Bockstein homology vanishes. It is zero when , so both classes survive and contribute to and to .
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