An eight term exact sequence relative to a variety (Q1098939)

Let V be a variety of groups, let \(e: 1\to N\to G\to Q\to 1\) be an extension in V, and let A be a VG-module. In the paper under review a natural eight term exact sequence of the kind \[ 0\to H^ 1(Q,A^ N)\to H^ 1(G,A)\to (H^ 1(N,A))^ Q\to V^ 1(Q,A^ N)\to V^ 1(G,A)\to Vpext(G,N;A)\to V^ 2(Q,A^ N)\to V^ 2(G,A) \] relative to the variety V is obtained. The group Vpext(G,N;A) generalizes a construction of the reviewer [J. Reine Angew. Math. 321, 150-172 (1981; Zbl 0441.20033)], and the eight term sequence generalizes an eight term sequence obtained by the reviewer and others. \{Reviewer's remark: Some of the cited results of the reviewer (e.g. the description of the differential \(d_ 2: E_ 2^{0,2}\to E_ 2^{2,1}\) in the spectral sequence of a group extension) have been stated and proved in [J. Algebra 72, 296-334 (1981; Zbl 0443.18018)] and not in the paper mentioned above.\}