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algebraic_topology.dold_kan.p_infty

Construction of the projection P_infty for the Dold-Kan correspondence #

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In this file, we construct the projection P_infty : K[X] ⟶ K[X] by passing to the limit the projections P q defined in projections.lean. This projection is a critical tool in this formalisation of the Dold-Kan correspondence, because in the case of abelian categories, P_infty corresponds to the projection on the normalized Moore subcomplex, with kernel the degenerate subcomplex.

(See equivalence.lean for the general strategy of proof of the Dold-Kan equivalence.)

Given an object Y : karoubi (simplicial_object C), this lemma computes P_infty for the associated object in simplicial_object (karoubi C) in terms of P_infty for Y.X : simplicial_object C and Y.p.