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Elementary decomposition of a finite free chain complex

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Over the principal ideal domain Z, Smith normal form decomposes a chain complex of finitely generated free modules into direct sums of one-term complexes Z and two-term complexes
0⟶Zm​Z⟶0.
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The one-term summands record free homology, the summands with m>1 record cyclic torsion, and those with m=1 are acyclic.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2022 / iii / Paper 114 / 2 / Solution

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