derived hom(-,Z) is conservative

Proposition

The derived hom functor

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_9efdddae88b1a064cac9dfbbcf8f13f3480b4cc1.svg

is a conservative functor

Proof

a)

using exact functor reflecting zero object and conservative it suffices to show that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_11d1509d8d9c281380dfca4b440b753f4210f62b.svg is zero if and only if 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_542d5d703f3c90578f829ea9bb609f758df8bb11.svg is the zero group.
since each object in the derived category of a hereditary ring splits, we may assume that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_542d5d703f3c90578f829ea9bb609f758df8bb11.svg lies in the heart and 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_465df3389292c3c4569f30e1ab47e485f7813443.svg.
In particular, 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_3aff4410c687268039439b9c815f2bcb66689dbf.svg or 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_be547d4124ccc23a4b3b1223fe5ed5d176bcb726.svg and 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_f307785258be64fe4ef2da75e3cde3a799501148.svg is zero.

So let 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_f64a4f99de1ddd3756482f9479895eee4df0c78c.svg be a projective resolution and consider short exact sequence of the rational circle group.
Then we may consider the long exact sequences of Ext

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_363d64e43a9790aae4eb3d5458c6a71a431e7c80.svg

where each column and row is exact.

Now we simplify

  1. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_df911a20c33faf37a222dd3d9aaaea8d035f9bd9.svg as 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_46edaa5d27b69c38aaaefb285e0849314d6f67e7.svg are projective - alternatively use Snake Lemma to conclude that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_8a3f0f18cb7013fefeedb2e9fc8bbe5b0f1e9df4.svg which vanishes by assumption.
  2. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_7b9eeff631da5d0b2ffeffbdaed57d4b3df5ba48.svg as 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_65be762c8ce9ae9fe7c640d133fb5445456e6aff.svg are injective (cf. divisible abelian group as injective object, rational circle group is an injective group).
  3. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_d663a8304912ab44174a64b235113e7129915320.svg by assumption.
20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_7ed191ffbeef77a6d6df37f1e34de5209537a59c.svg

Now 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_4fcd25d1729a5081f6acdac0944f9c502843e667.svg is an isomorphism (cf. sandwhiched by zero object and isomorphism) and
20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_1ffd5304e78e1b8e75770e48171a606f673f40f6.svg are surjective.

Hence applying the Four-Lemma of monomorphisms twice shows that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_1ffd5304e78e1b8e75770e48171a606f673f40f6.svg are also injective and therefore also isomorphism.

Then as 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_d85c6fac6b6fe24ffe872fa156b445bd53a52918.svg is conservative (cf. ordinary hom into rational circle group is conservative) and hence 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_72b6312e929c8025c1e700ea720710278d9faa92.svg is an isomorphism - so in particular its cokernel, which is by assumption 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_542d5d703f3c90578f829ea9bb609f758df8bb11.svg, vanishes.

alternative proof(sketch)

Observe that it suffices to show that if 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_177ecb881f645632c264a10458ef186d426f93de.svg is an isomorphism (i.e. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_7d3dd177484b387d926b60be58b5919983f18937.svg as kernel/cokernel vanish).

we first show that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_542d5d703f3c90578f829ea9bb609f758df8bb11.svg is a uniquely divisible group, hence a vector space (cf. Q-Vector space is uniquely divisible abelian group).
So let 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_66be77a8aa6ec2c090ad4c4438ab59e3f392375d.svg be arbitrary, then we need to show that multiplication with 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_66be77a8aa6ec2c090ad4c4438ab59e3f392375d.svg is an isomorphism
Let's show that is surjective, i.e. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_9eef1e4d9bee1f91221067573ef649da7dcc1d30.svg vanishes.
For that consider the exact sequence 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_1008fb7e3a878e294bd8ee0696bb3b6452dc2e3f.svg and we then get exact sequences

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_132eac2958e9d5125dc464e472d828ad18082f5c.svg

Now the right morphism is multiplication with 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_66be77a8aa6ec2c090ad4c4438ab59e3f392375d.svg, since 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_cadeefb34cbb5b5261f2e4821df85bb261648458.svg is additive in both variables.

Moreover, 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_5182c59467324e505e4f2da3be13530b7dd2aaea.svg is a 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_4d481da6a84fcf1f136ed74c662dacec50279644.svg vector space, so multiplication with 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_66be77a8aa6ec2c090ad4c4438ab59e3f392375d.svg is an isomorphism.
This shows that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_9c48715e1c32bb565d12d0f2a8aff2650fa58fc0.svg vanishes (or use that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_3391bd3133ba3afed9c574f654dc59aa08a0a5d9.svg is p-torsion) and since taking kernels is functorial, this shows that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_51c0c607671fc3ae8d457ec1c6418f4f7ae01d09.svg also vanishes.
But 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_d85c6fac6b6fe24ffe872fa156b445bd53a52918.svg is conservative (cf. hom into Q/Z is conservative), hence 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_9ba69583b22beed7e59494a61f7687d5160ea6f3.svg.

Now we show that multiplication with 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_66be77a8aa6ec2c090ad4c4438ab59e3f392375d.svg is injective, so consider the short exact sequence 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_2a18bcc05a6965da5fe24b69d08785373145286d.svg.
In particular, 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_e20a55e20a4f35f619785034c0ef59bb9626dcc6.svg is a $(p)$-torsion group.
Recall that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_65be762c8ce9ae9fe7c640d133fb5445456e6aff.svg are both injective, i.e. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_b8bd1a0a4b7f3614cea20756032b26c03d72289e.svg are exact.

Then we again get

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_ab4085e13e8d7b9e8b7e0df963c3fc9e05c73197.svg

where 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_66e0e08561bf84f878e178e980e0a2391a34696b.svg vanishes, as 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_e20a55e20a4f35f619785034c0ef59bb9626dcc6.svg is a torsion group.
Taking cokernels is functorial, so 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_f1d062f6d173d083788f2a75143a14012d89f45b.svg and again - as 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_d85c6fac6b6fe24ffe872fa156b445bd53a52918.svg is conservative, we get that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_e20a55e20a4f35f619785034c0ef59bb9626dcc6.svg vanishes.

Alternatively, the same argument that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_5bed0e754a7f960f962f8636a84f76974c2c1027.svg is a 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_4d481da6a84fcf1f136ed74c662dacec50279644.svg vector space shows that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_620ace35d396d2edd9b9a58a3a749c36f882ba06.svg is the zero module.

In particular, we have shown that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_542d5d703f3c90578f829ea9bb609f758df8bb11.svg is uniquely divisible or equivalently a vector space.
Now choose a basis, i.e. 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_3006698562753a6d8ca05942d2a40102a241a438.svg.
Then this simplifies to

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_4ef9816d1ddfd7d62bf2181a8eb36060f9dc820f.svg

hence it suffices to show, that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_a8f1761d33d63297735397e4d32c32c8a304f146.svg is not an isomorphism

Observe that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_eb328d683f8dcf730854650ce703c61dd346ca41.svg, so it suffices to show that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_b3b89528b2d0536672d779af8cd69d5b0dd87a27.svg has at least dimension 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_5003d65ff96dac5c13952d899095da955ae83347.svg.
Moreover, 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_3d2fe6c09467112dab21cf417d3a658e8ea07319.svg (cf. rational circle group is coproduct ) and 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_85b11e05a531c568b521c0d1bb6139bfe4b32ca4.svg is a surjection, i.e., 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_e17872e337aea2aa59ff7b1d7fbb110ccfdab57e.svg is a subgroup.

Then it suffices to show that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_b3b89528b2d0536672d779af8cd69d5b0dd87a27.svg has dimension at least 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_5003d65ff96dac5c13952d899095da955ae83347.svg.
For that we claim that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_b21c3e1033f90f638633a1b5866128bdd9eb6e94.svg and the map

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_af0cf9d92006c3aac1acc87813f13443dd36a783.svg

are not linearly dependent.

Suppose they were, then there exist 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_7f7130c15293a6b13ea281d811e3ebacb4433e91.svg such that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_3cf870780479844488de291655754e6f912631ad.svg.
w.l.o.g. we may assume that 20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_c6ef92b15e32823ee6406a08445e90d418c4a6b4.svg (after multiplication with the denominator) and then

20260430-derived_hom_z_is_conservative_e95b39758d45872ed3f8e38d0902b9a5350f75e6.svg

Date: nil

Author: Anton Zakrewski

Created: 2026-06-26 Fr 19:01