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How to do diagram chasing effectively?

I am trying to teach myself some homological algebra, and the book I am using is Aluffi's wonderful Algebra: Chapter 0, which introduces homology at the end of chapter 3. I have spent a lot of time ...
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Is there any deep connection between algebraic topology and homological algebra on rings?

There is a deep connection between algebraic topology and homological algebra on groups. A group $G$ can be interpreted as the fundamental group of a covering space $Y \rightarrow X$. (Co)Homology ...
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Resolutions over finite dimensional algebra

Let $A$ be a finite dimensional algebra over a field $k$ and global dimension of $A$ is finite. I want to study $A$ as a bimodule i.e. as $A^e=A \otimes A^{op}$-module. It is easy to see that ...
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Homological algebra in PDE

I have been fascinated by the power and wide applicability of homological methods in algebra and topology. Because I am also interested in PDE, there arises a natural question for me. What is ...
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Why didn't Cartan-Eilenberg develop homological algebra on sheaf theory?

Cartan-Eilenberg created homological algebra on modules over rings. I wonder why they didn't develop it also on sheaves over ringed spaces. Grothendieck and Godement did that soon after(or almost at ...
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Algebraic topology, etc. for Mac Lane's “Categories for the Working Mathematician”

[NOTE: For reasons that I hope the question below will make clear, I am interested only in answers from those who have read Mac Lane's Categories for the working mathematician [CWM], or at least have ...
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Algebraic Intuition for Homological Algebra and Applications to More Elementary Algebra

I am taking a course next term in homological algebra (using Weibel's classic text) and am having a hard time seeing some of the big picture of the idea behind homological algebra. Now, this sort of ...