Context
A section can fail to respect multiplication. Its failure is a 2-cocycle valued in the forgotten boundary-twist lattice.
Definitions
- c_σ(h₁,h₂) is defined by σ(h₁)σ(h₂)σ(h₁h₂)⁻¹=k(c_σ(h₁,h₂)).
Hypotheses and scope
- The direct-product capping theorem QA-BK-T01.
Proof or evidence
Applying D to the factor-set identity gives c_σ(h₁,h₂)=r(h₁)+r(h₂)−r(h₁h₂), with r=D∘σ. The corrected section k(−r(h))σ(h) has zero factor set.
Verification notes
Signs and normalization were checked symbolically over finite groups and free-abelian receipt dimensions one through four.
Limitations
- Vanishing of the group-extension class does not imply that a positive factorization can be corrected without negative twists.