Monad (linear algebra)

In linear and homological algebra, a monad is a 3-term complex

A → B → C

of objects in some abelian category whose middle term B is projective and whose first map A → B is injective and whose second map B → C is surjective. Equivalently a monad is a projective object together with a 3-step filtration (B ⊃ ker(B → C) ⊃ im(A → B)). In practice A, B, and C are often vector bundles over some space, and there are several minor extra conditions that some authors add to the definition. Monads were introduced by Horrocks (1964, p.698).

See also

• ADHM construction

References

• Barth, Wolf; Hulek, Klaus (1978), "Monads and moduli of vector bundles", Manuscripta Mathematica, 25 (4): 323–347, ISSN 0025-2611, MR 509589, Zbl 0395.14007, doi:10.1007/BF01168047 
• Horrocks, G. (1964), "Vector bundles on the punctured spectrum of a local ring", Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Third Series, 14 (4): 689–713, ISSN 0024-6115, MR 0169877, Zbl 0126.16801, doi:10.1112/plms/s3-14.4.689