Projective resolution

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the homological-algebra subtree

Exact sequence … → P₁ → P₀ → A → 0 with each Pᵢ projective. Unique up to chain-homotopy, so derived functors depend only on A. Injective resolutions play the dual role for right-derived functors like Ext.

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