definition 0.0.1
A triangulated category is an additive category \(\mathcal C\), along with the structure of- an additive automorphism \(\Sigma: \mathcal C\to \mathcal C\), called the shift functor and
- a collection of triangles, which are triples of objects and morphisms written as \[A\xrightarrow{f} B \xrightarrow{g} C\xrightarrow{h} \Sigma A.\]
- [TR1], concerning which triangles must exist:
- The triangle \(X\xrightarrow{\id} X\to 0 \to \Sigma X\) is an exact triangle
- For every morphism \(f:X\to Y\) there exists an object (called the cone) so that \(X\to Y \to \cone(f)\) is an exact triangle
- Every triangle which is isomorphic to an exact triangle is exact.
- [TR2], concerning the interchange between exact triangles and suspension. If \(X\xrightarrow{f} Y \xrightarrow{g} Z\xrightarrow{h} X[1]\) is an exact triangle, then so are \(Y\to Z\to X[1]\to Y[1]\) and \(Z[-1]\to X\to Y\to Z\).
- [TR3] Given a commutative square, if we complete the rows to exact triangles, then there exists a morphism between the third objects making everything commute.
- [TR4] The octahedral axiom, which states that given exact triangles \begin{align*} X\xrightarrow{f} Y \xrightarrow{g} Z'\xrightarrow{h} X[1]\\ Y\xrightarrow{i} Z \xrightarrow{j} X'\xrightarrow{k} Y[1]\\ X\xrightarrow{i\circ f} Z \xrightarrow{l} Y'\xrightarrow{m} Z[1] \end{align*} There exists a triangle \(Z'\to Y'\to X'\to Z'[1]\). making the diagram of these triangles commute.
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- triangulated categoriesarticle / art:triangulatedCategories