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This is a lemma involving commutative diagrams that can be proved by means of diagram chasing

Let A1A2A3A4A5 and B1B2B2B4B5 be exact sequences of homomorphisms. Suppose there are maps fi:AiBi such that the diagram of all these maps commutes. Then the following are true:

  • If f2 and f4 are injective and f1 is surjective, then f3 is injective
  • If f2 and f4 are surjective and f5 is injective then f3 is surjective
  • if f1,f2,f4,f5 are isomorphisms, then f3 is also an isomorphism