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DGAlgebras :: isGolodHomomorphism

isGolodHomomorphism -- Determines if the canonical map from the ambient ring is Golod

Synopsis

Description

This function determines if the canonical map from ambient R --> R is Golod. It does this by computing an acyclic closure of ambient R (which is a DGAlgebra), then tensors this with R, and determines if this DG Algebra has a trivial Massey operation up to a certain homological degree provided by the option GenDegreeLimit.

i1 : R = ZZ/101[a,b,c,d]/ideal{a^4+b^4+c^4+d^4}

o1 = R

o1 : QuotientRing
i2 : isGolodHomomorphism(R,GenDegreeLimit=>5)
Computing generators in degree 1 :      -- used 0.00605931 seconds
Computing generators in degree 2 :      -- used 0.00539637 seconds
Computing generators in degree 3 :      -- used 0.00527805 seconds
Computing generators in degree 4 :      -- used 0.00503297 seconds
Computing generators in degree 5 :      -- used 0.00103517 seconds

o2 = true

If R is a Golod ring, then ambient R R is a Golod homomorphism.

i3 : Q = ZZ/101[a,b,c,d]/ideal{a^4,b^4,c^4,d^4}

o3 = Q

o3 : QuotientRing
i4 : R = Q/ideal (a^3*b^3*c^3*d^3)

o4 = R

o4 : QuotientRing
i5 : isGolodHomomorphism(R,GenDegreeLimit=>5)
Computing generators in degree 1 :      -- used 0.00925669 seconds
Computing generators in degree 2 :      -- used 0.0123165 seconds
Computing generators in degree 3 :      -- used 0.0234101 seconds
Computing generators in degree 4 :      -- used 0.0358494 seconds
Computing generators in degree 5 :      -- used 0.219516 seconds

o5 = true

The map from Q to R is Golod by a result of Avramov and Levin.

Caveat

Currently, it does not try to find a full trivial Massey operation on acyclicClosure(Q) ** R, it just computes them to second order. Since there is not currently an example of a ring (or a homomorphism) that is not Golod yet has trivial product on its homotopy fiber, this is ok for now.

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