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Homology in Relative Semi-Abelian Categories

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We use recent results on simplicial objects in relative Mal’tsev categories and a classical comparison theorem to obtain homology with coefficients in a relative semi-abelian category as defined by T. Janelidze.

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Correspondence to Julia Goedecke.

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Supported by the FNRS grant Crédit aux chercheurs 1.5.016.10F and Queens’ College, Cambridge.

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Goedecke, J. Homology in Relative Semi-Abelian Categories. Appl Categor Struct 21, 523–543 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10485-012-9278-3

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