For a normal subgroup , quotient , and a -module , the Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence has
Inflation composes a cocycle on the quotient with the quotient map and regards its values in the invariant submodule as values in .
Restriction sends a cocycle on to its restriction to a subgroup . If is normal, its image in is fixed by the induced -action.
The transgression is the first differential crossing from the vertical to the horizontal edge of the Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence. If a representative on is extended to a cochain on , its coboundary descends to the representing two-cocycle on .
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The Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence is a tool in algebraic topology and homological algebra that arises in the context of group cohomology and the study of group extensions. It provides a method for computing the cohomology of a group \( G \) by relating it to the cohomology of a normal subgroup \( N \) and the quotient group \( G/N \).