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Hi again, I am trying to get a better grasp of induced maps, and trying to see the
results that are used/assumed in defining these maps.
Until recently, I only knew of one type of induced map, described like this:
We have groups G, G' , with respective subgroups N,N' with ##N \triangleleft G , N'\triangleleft G'##and a homomorphism h:G→ G' . Then this somehow induces a map ##h_*####h_* G/N → G'/N' : h_*([a]_N ):=([h(a)]_N' ) ## , i.e., the coset class of a ( we can show the map is well-defined, i.e., it is independent of the choice of representative ) is sent to the coset class of the image ##h(a)## .
This is how induced maps in , e.g., homology, homotopy are defined, or where these maps come from.
But now I have run into some other induced maps that don't seem to have the same "source".
These are the maps:
1) We're given Abelian groups A,B , G, and a homomorphism ##f: A→ B##
Then this somehow induces a homomorphism ## f_*## with:
##f_*: = f\otimes 1 : A \times G → B \otimes G ## defined by:
## f_*(a,g):= f(a)\otimes g ##2)Same setup, we have Abelian groups A,B,G, a homomorphism ##k: A→B## , then
we get the induced map ##k^*:=Hom(f,1): Hom(B,G)→ Hom(A,G) ## , defined by:
##k^*(\Phi)(a):= \Phi(k(a))## , for ##\Phi## in Hom(B,G), a in A. I suspect the map 2 is just an extension to Abelian groups of the induced map on the duals of vector spaces:
Given a linear map ##L: V→ W ##, where V,W are finite-dimensional vector spaces over the
same field, we get the induced map ## L*: W*→ V* : L*(w*(w)):=w*(L(v) ##
Is that it? Where does the induced map 1) come from? I know both maps are functorial (1 is covariant and 2 is contravariant): are all induced maps functorial?
Thanks.
results that are used/assumed in defining these maps.
Until recently, I only knew of one type of induced map, described like this:
We have groups G, G' , with respective subgroups N,N' with ##N \triangleleft G , N'\triangleleft G'##and a homomorphism h:G→ G' . Then this somehow induces a map ##h_*####h_* G/N → G'/N' : h_*([a]_N ):=([h(a)]_N' ) ## , i.e., the coset class of a ( we can show the map is well-defined, i.e., it is independent of the choice of representative ) is sent to the coset class of the image ##h(a)## .
This is how induced maps in , e.g., homology, homotopy are defined, or where these maps come from.
But now I have run into some other induced maps that don't seem to have the same "source".
These are the maps:
1) We're given Abelian groups A,B , G, and a homomorphism ##f: A→ B##
Then this somehow induces a homomorphism ## f_*## with:
##f_*: = f\otimes 1 : A \times G → B \otimes G ## defined by:
## f_*(a,g):= f(a)\otimes g ##2)Same setup, we have Abelian groups A,B,G, a homomorphism ##k: A→B## , then
we get the induced map ##k^*:=Hom(f,1): Hom(B,G)→ Hom(A,G) ## , defined by:
##k^*(\Phi)(a):= \Phi(k(a))## , for ##\Phi## in Hom(B,G), a in A. I suspect the map 2 is just an extension to Abelian groups of the induced map on the duals of vector spaces:
Given a linear map ##L: V→ W ##, where V,W are finite-dimensional vector spaces over the
same field, we get the induced map ## L*: W*→ V* : L*(w*(w)):=w*(L(v) ##
Is that it? Where does the induced map 1) come from? I know both maps are functorial (1 is covariant and 2 is contravariant): are all induced maps functorial?
Thanks.
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