exact sequence

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What does exact sequence mean?

A sequence of modules (or groups, vector spaces, etc.; most generally, objects of an abelian category) with adjacent objects connected by homomorphisms (generally, morphisms) such that the image of one homomorphism is the kernel of the next.

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