 Tate cohomology of a finite group

For a finite group $G$, Tate cohomology joins group cohomology and group homology through the norm map $N_G={\sum }_{g\in G}g$. For $r\ge 1$ it equals ordinary group cohomology; for $r\le -2$ it equals $H_{-r-1}(G,M)$. The middle terms are ${\hat{H}}^0(G,M)=M^G/N_{G}M$ and ${\hat{H}}^{-1}(G,M)=\ker (N_G)/I_{G}M$, where $I_{G}M$ is generated by $gm-m$. For the trivial module $\mathbb{Z}$, ${\hat{H}}^{-2}(G,\mathbb{Z})=G^{\mathrm{ab}}$. With multiplicative coefficients the norm is the product of the translates.