Tor functor

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the homological-algebra subtree

Left-derived functors of the tensor product: Torₙ^R(A, B) = Hₙ(P• ⊗_R B) for a projective resolution P• → A. Measures torsion: Tor₁^ℤ(A, ℤ/n) = A[n]. Symmetric in its two arguments.

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