On universal central extensions of precrossed and crossed modules (Q878671)

The authors study the connection between universal central extensions in the categories of precrossed and crossed modules. These are compared with other types of universal central extensions in the categories of groups, epimorphisms of groups, groups with operators and modules over a group. The relationship between the homologies defined in these categories is also studied, and some applications to relative algebraic \(K\)-theory are obtained.