More about the (co)homology of groups and associative algebras (Q2570219)

It is well-known that the group \textit{Diff} of differentials and the group \(Der\) of derivations are the first cokernel and kernel groups respectively in the standard chain and cochain complexes determining the corresponding homology and cohomology of groups and associative algebras. In the paper under review it is proved that the homology and the cohomology theories of groups and associative algebras are non-abelian derived functors of the cokernel and kernel groups of higher dimensions of their defining standard chain, respectively cochain complexes. In this frame one considers the classical (co)homology of groups, the Hochschild (co)homology of associative algebras, the relative cohomology of groups, the \(\operatorname{mod} q\) cohomology of groups, and the cohomology of groups with operators. Moreover, these results allow the author to give an alternative approach to higher Hopf formulas for integral homology of groups. By enlarging the category of coefficients one obtains an axiomatic characterization of the relative cohomology of groups, and higher relative \((n+1)\)-th cohomology of groups is described by \(n\)-fold extensions in this wider class of coefficients.