Bockstein cohomology 2026-10-06
The degree-one Bockstein homomorphism makes modulo- cohomology into a cochain complex. Its cohomology is the Bockstein cohomology. For prime this is a graded vector space; for composite it is a graded -module. For at modulus two, its only nonzero groups are in degrees zero and three. This is the cohomological counterpart of Bockstein homology.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 114 1 i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
A one-term summand becomes a one-term complex after reduction modulo . Its Bockstein homomorphism vanishes, so it contributes one summand to Bockstein homology in degree .