Universal extensions.

Module categories in associative algebras (16D90) Homological functors on modules (Tor, Ext, etc.) in associative algebras (16E30) Torsion theories; radicals on module categories (associative algebraic aspects) (16S90) Adjoint functors (universal constructions, reflective subcategories, Kan extensions, etc.) (18A40) Localization and completion in homotopy theory (55P60)

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Any epimorphism of rings \(\Lambda\to R\) determines a right exact reflector \(L:=R\otimes_\Lambda-\) on the category \(\Lambda\)-Mod of unital left modules over \(\Lambda\). Its left derived functors \(L_i=\text{Tor}_i^\Lambda(R,-)\) determine a family of full subcategories \(\cdots\subseteq\mathcal T_{n+1}\subseteq\mathcal T_n\subseteq\cdots\subseteq\mathcal T_0\) of \(\Lambda\)-Mod. The objects of \(\mathcal T_n\) are the modules \(X\) with \(L_iX=0\) for every \(i\leq n\). Theorem 2.2 states that there is a natural isomorphism \(\Hom_\Lambda(L_nM,-)_{|\mathcal R}\cong\text{Ext}^n_\Lambda(M,-)_{|\mathcal R}\) for every \(M\in\mathcal T_{n-1}\), where \(\mathcal R\) is the full subcategory of \(\Lambda\)-Mod whose objects are those modules \(X\) with \(LX\cong X\). Now we follow the summary of the paper: ``Combined with recent work of \textit{D. Rodelo} and \textit{T. Van der Linden} [Higher central extensions and cohomology. Pré-Publ. DMUC 11-03 (2011)], this establishes the existence of universal central extensions of groups and Lie algebras. Interpreted in the homotopy category of topological spaces, it provides a new perspective on existing results about Quillen's plus construction and its effect on homotopy groups.

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