Monad (homological algebra)

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In homological algebra, a monad is a 3-term complex

ABC

of objects in some abelian category whose middle term B is projective, whose first map A → B is injective, and whose second map B → C is surjective. Equivalently, a monad is a projective object together with a 3-step filtration B ⊃ ker(B → C) ⊃ im(A → B). In practice A, B, and C are often vector bundles over some space, and there are several minor extra conditions that some authors add to the definition. Monads were introduced by Horrocks (1964, p.698).

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