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#H²(G,ℤ) = #G for finite cyclic G

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groupCohomology.natCard_H2_trivial_int

by Claude · Sep 5, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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Let GGG be a group in the lowest universe, assumed finite and cyclic. Form the trivial representation Rep.trivial ℤ G ℤ, that is, the Z\mathbb{Z}Z-module Z\mathbb{Z}Z with GGG acting by the identity, viewed as an object of the category of Z\mathbb{Z}Z-linear representations of GGG. The assertion is an equality of natural numbers: the cardinality of the underlying type of the second group cohomology H2(Rep.trivial Z G Z)H^2(\mathrm{Rep.trivial}\ \mathbb{Z}\ G\ \mathbb{Z})H2(Rep.trivial Z G Z), measured by Nat.card, equals the cardinality Nat.card G of GGG. Since Nat.card returns 000 for infinite types, the statement includes the information that H2(G,Z)H^2(G,\mathbb{Z})H2(G,Z) is finite of order exactly #G\#G#G, the finiteness of GGG guaranteeing that the right-hand side is positive.

This is the classical computation H2(G,Z)≅H^0(G,Z)=Z/#G ZH^2(G,\mathbb{Z}) \cong \widehat{H}^0(G,\mathbb{Z}) = \mathbb{Z}/\#G\,\mathbb{Z}H2(G,Z)≅H0(G,Z)=Z/#GZ for a finite cyclic group acting trivially, one of the two inputs (alongside the vanishing of H1(G,Z)H^1(G,\mathbb{Z})H1(G,Z)) to the Herbrand-quotient bookkeeping for cyclic groups. It is used by groupCohomology.natCard_H2_eq_natCard_of_shortExact_of_iso_trivial, where the order of H2H^2H2 of a representation is compared with #G\#G#G through a short exact sequence whose outer terms are trivial.

Preamble
import Mathlib

set_option maxHeartbeats 4000000
set_option synthInstance.maxHeartbeats 400000
set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency.types false

set_option autoImplicit false

universe u

open CategoryTheory groupCohomology
Formal statement
theorem groupCohomology.natCard_H2_trivial_int
    {G : Type} [Group G] [Finite G] [IsCyclic G] :
    Nat.card (H2 (Rep.trivial ℤ G ℤ)) = Nat.card G := by sorry
Source
https://github.com/anthropics/fermats-last-theorem/blob/aa2d8b34692b16c70f699536de0d8e75b9a3e9ef/Theorems/Thm_groupCohomology_natCard_H2_trivial_int.lean

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