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In [[homological algebra]] and [[algebraic topology]], a '''spectral sequence''' is a means of computing homology groups by taking successive approximations.  Spectral sequences are a generalization of [[exact sequence]]s, and since their introduction by {{harvs|txt|authorlink=Jean Leray|first=Jean|last=Leray |year=1946a|year2=1946b}}, they have become important computational tools, particularly in algebraic topology, [[algebraic geometry]] and homological algebra.

== Discovery and motivation ==

Motivated by problems in algebraic topology, Jean Leray introduced the notion of a [[sheaf (mathematics)|sheaf]] and found himself faced with the problem of computing [[sheaf cohomology]]. To compute sheaf cohomology, Leray introduced a computational technique now known as the [[Leray spectral sequence]]. This gave a relation between cohomology groups of a sheaf and cohomology groups of the [[direct image of a sheaf|pushforward of the sheaf]]. The relation involved an infinite process. Leray found that the cohomology groups of the pushforward formed a natural [[chain complex]], so that he could take the cohomology of the cohomology. This was still not the cohomology of the original sheaf, but it was one step closer in a sense. The cohomology of the cohomology again formed a chain complex, and its cohomology formed a chain complex, and so on. The limit of this infinite process was essentially the same as the cohomology groups of the original sheaf.

It was soon realized that Leray's computational technique was an example of a more general phenomenon. Spectral sequences were found in diverse situations, and they gave intricate relationships among homology and cohomology groups coming from geometric situations such as [[fibration]]s and from algebraic situations involving [[derived functor]]s. While their theoretical importance has decreased since the introduction of [[derived category|derived categories]], they are still the most effective computational tool available. This is true even when many of the terms of the spectral sequence are incalculable.

Unfortunately, because of the large amount of information carried in spectral sequences, they are difficult to grasp. This information is usually contained in a rank three lattice of [[abelian group]]s or [[module (mathematics)|modules]]. The easiest cases to deal with are those in which the spectral sequence eventually collapses, meaning that going out further in the sequence produces no new information. Even when this does not happen, it is often possible to get useful information from a spectral sequence by various tricks.

== Formal definition ==
=== Cohomological spectral sequence ===
Fix an [[abelian category]], such as a category of [[module (mathematics)|module]]s over a [[ring (mathematics)|ring]], and a nonnegative integer <math>r_0</math>. A '''cohomological spectral sequence''' is a sequence <math> \{E_r, d_r\}_{r\geq r_0} </math> of objects <math> E_r </math> and endomorphisms <math> d_r : E_r  \to E_r </math>, such that for every <math> r\geq r_0 </math>
# <math> d_r \circ d_r = 0 </math>,
# <math> E_{r+1}  \cong H_{*}(E_r, d_r) </math>, the [[Homology (mathematics)|homology]] of <math>E_r</math> with respect to <math>d_r</math>.
Usually the isomorphisms are suppressed and we write <math> E_{r+1} = H_{*}(E_r, d_r) </math> instead. An object <math> E_r </math> is called  ''sheet'' (as in a sheet of [[paper]]), or sometimes a ''page'' or a ''term''; an endomorphism <math> d_r </math> is called ''boundary map'' or ''differential''. Sometimes <math>E_{r+1}</math> is called the ''derived object'' of <math>E_r</math>.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

=== Bigraded spectral sequence === 
In reality spectral sequences mostly occur in the category of doubly graded [[module (mathematics)|module]]s over a [[ring (mathematics)|ring]] ''R'' (or doubly graded [[sheaf (mathematics)|sheaves]] of modules over a sheaf of rings), i.e. every sheet is a bigraded R-module <math display="inline"> E_r =  \bigoplus_{p,q \in \mathbb{Z}^2} E_r^{p,q}. </math>
So in this case a cohomological spectral sequence is a sequence <math> \{E_r, d_r\}_{r\geq r_0} </math> of bigraded R-modules <math> \{E_r^{p,q}\}_{p,q} </math> and for every module the direct sum of endomorphisms <math> d_r = (d_r^{p,q} : E_r^{p,q}  \to E_r^{p+r,q-r+1})_{p,q \in \mathbb{Z}^2} </math> of bidegree <math> (r,1-r) </math>, such that for every <math> r\geq r_0 </math> it holds that:
# <math> d_r^{p+r,q-r+1} \circ d_r^{p,q} = 0 </math>,
# <math> E_{r+1}  \cong H_{*}(E_r, d_r) </math>.
The notation used here is called  ''complementary degree''. Some authors write  <math> E_r^{d,q} </math> instead, where <math> d = p + q </math> is the ''total degree''. Depending upon the spectral sequence, the boundary map on the first sheet can have a degree which corresponds to ''r'' = 0, ''r'' = 1, or ''r'' = 2. For example, for the spectral sequence of a filtered complex, described below, ''r''<sub>0</sub> = 0, but for the [[Grothendieck spectral sequence]], ''r''<sub>0</sub> = 2. Usually ''r''<sub>0</sub> is zero, one, or two. In the ungraded situation described above, ''r''<sub>0</sub> is irrelevant.

=== Homological spectral sequence ===
Mostly the objects we are talking about are [[chain complex|chain complexes]], that occur with descending (like above) or ascending order. In the latter case, by replacing <math> E_r^{p,q} </math> with <math> E^r_{p,q} </math> and <math> d_r^{p,q} : E_r^{p,q}  \to E_r^{p+r,q-r+1} </math> with <math> d^r_{p,q} : E^r_{p,q}  \to E^r_{p-r,q+r-1} </math> (bidegree <math> (-r,r-1) </math>), one receives the definition of a '''homological spectral sequence''' analogously to the cohomological case.

==== Spectral sequence from a chain complex ====
The most elementary example in the ungraded situation is a [[chain complex]] ''C''<sub>•</sub>. An object ''C''<sub>•</sub> in an abelian category of chain complexes naturally comes with a differential ''d''.  Let ''r''<sub>0</sub> = 0, and let ''E''<sub>0</sub> be ''C''<sub>•</sub>. This forces ''E''<sub>1</sub> to be the complex ''H''(''C''<sub>•</sub>): At the {{prime|''i''}}th location this is the {{prime|''i''}}th homology group of ''C''<sub>•</sub>. The only natural differential on this new complex is the zero map, so we let ''d''<sub>1</sub> = 0. This forces <math>E_2</math> to equal <math>E_1</math>, and again our only natural differential is the zero map. Putting the zero differential on all the rest of our sheets gives a spectral sequence whose terms are:

* ''E''<sub>0</sub> = ''C''<sub>•</sub>
* ''E<sub>r</sub>'' = ''H''(''C''<sub>•</sub>) for all ''r'' ≥ 1.

The terms of this spectral sequence stabilize at the first sheet because its only nontrivial differential was on the zeroth sheet. Consequently, we can get no more information at later steps. Usually, to get useful information from later sheets, we need extra structure on the <math>E_r</math>.

== Visualization ==
[[Image:SpectralSequence.png|frame|The E<sub>2</sub> sheet of a cohomological spectral sequence]]
A doubly graded spectral sequence has a tremendous amount of data to keep track of, but there is a common visualization technique which makes the structure of the spectral sequence clearer. We have three indices, ''r'', ''p'', and ''q''. An object <math>E_r</math> can be seen as the {{mvar|r}}{{sup|th}} checkered page of a book. On these sheets, we will take ''p'' to be the horizontal direction and ''q'' to be the vertical direction. At each lattice point we have the object <math>E_r^{p,q}</math>. Now turning to the next page means taking homology, that is the <math>(r+1)</math>{{sup|th}} page is a subquotient of the {{mvar|r}}{{sup|th}} page. The total degree ''n'' = ''p'' + ''q'' runs diagonally, northwest to southeast, across each sheet. In the homological case, the differentials have bidegree {{math|(&minus;''r'', ''r'' &minus; 1)}}, so they decrease ''n'' by one. In the cohomological case, ''n'' is increased by one. The differentials change their direction with each turn with respect to r.
[[File:Spectral Sequence Visualization.jpg|thumb|center|upright=3.0|Four pages of a cohomological spectral sequence]]
The red arrows demonstrate the case of a first quadrant sequence (see example [[spectral sequence#First-quadrant sheet|below]]), where only the objects of the first quadrant are non-zero. While turning pages, either the domain or the codomain of all the differentials become zero.

== Properties ==
=== Categorical properties ===
The set of cohomological spectral sequences form a category: a morphism of spectral sequences <math> f : E \to E' </math> is by definition a collection of maps <math> f_r : E_r \to E'_r </math> which are compatible with the differentials, i.e. <math> f_r \circ d_r = d'_r \circ f_r </math>, and with the given isomorphisms between the cohomology of the ''r''{{sup|th}} step and the {{tmath|(r+1)}}{{sup|th}} sheets of ''E'' and {{prime|''E''}}, respectively: <math> f_{r+1}(E_{r+1}) \,=\, f_{r+1}(H(E_r)) \,=\, H(f_r(E_r))  </math>. In the bigraded case, they should also respect the graduation: <math> f_r(E_r^{p,q}) \subset {E'_r}^{p,q}. </math>

=== Multiplicative structure ===
A [[cup product]] gives a [[ring (mathematics)|ring structure]] to a cohomology group, turning it into a [[cohomology ring]]. Thus, it is natural to consider a spectral sequence with a ring structure as well. Let <math>E^{p, q}_r</math> be a spectral sequence of cohomological type.  We say it has multiplicative structure if (i) <math>E_r</math> are (doubly graded) [[differential graded algebra]]s and (ii) the multiplication on <math>E_{r+1}</math> is induced by that on <math>E_r</math> via passage to cohomology.

A typical example is the cohomological [[Serre spectral sequence]] for a fibration <math>F \to E \to B</math>, when the coefficient group is a ring ''R''. It has the multiplicative structure induced by the cup products of fibre and base on the <math>E_{2}</math>-page.{{sfn|McCleary|2001|p={{pn|date=August 2021}}}} However, in general the limiting term <math>E_{\infty}</math> is not isomorphic as a graded algebra to H(''E''; ''R'').{{sfn|Hatcher|loc=Example 1.17}} The multiplicative structure can be very useful for calculating differentials on the sequence.{{sfn|Hatcher|loc=Example 1.18}}

== Constructions of spectral sequences ==
Spectral sequences can be constructed by various ways. In algebraic topology, an exact couple is perhaps the most common tool for the construction. In algebraic geometry, spectral sequences are usually constructed from filtrations of cochain complexes.

=== Spectral sequence of an exact couple ===
{{main|Exact couple}}
[[Image:Exact couple.png|right]] 
Another technique for constructing spectral sequences is [[William Schumacher Massey|William Massey]]'s method of exact couples.  Exact couples are particularly common in algebraic topology. Despite this they are unpopular in abstract algebra, where most spectral sequences come from filtered complexes.

To define exact couples, we begin again with an abelian category. As before, in practice this is usually the category of doubly graded modules over a ring.  An '''exact couple''' is a pair of objects (''A'', ''C''), together with three homomorphisms between these objects: ''f'' : ''A'' → ''A'', ''g'' : ''A'' → ''C'' and ''h'' : ''C'' → ''A'' subject to certain exactness conditions:

*[[Image (mathematics)|Image]] ''f'' = [[Kernel (algebra)|Kernel]] ''g''
*Image ''g'' = Kernel ''h''
*Image ''h'' = Kernel ''f''

We will abbreviate this data by (''A'', ''C'', ''f'', ''g'', ''h'').  Exact couples are usually depicted as triangles.  We will see that ''C'' corresponds to the ''E''<sub>0</sub> term of the spectral sequence and that ''A'' is some auxiliary data.

To pass to the next sheet of the spectral sequence, we will form the '''derived couple'''.  We set:

*''d'' = ''g'' <small>o</small> ''h''
*''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' = ''f''(''A'')
*''C<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' = Ker ''d'' / Im ''d''
*''f&thinsp;<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' = ''f''|<sub>''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>''</sub>, the restriction of ''f'' to ''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>''
*''h<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' : ''C<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' → ''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' is induced by ''h''.  It is straightforward to see that ''h'' induces such a map.
*''g<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' : ''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' → ''C<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' is defined on elements as follows: For each ''a'' in ''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', write ''a'' as ''f''(''b'') for some ''b'' in ''A''.  ''g<nowiki>'</nowiki>''(''a'') is defined to be the image of ''g''(''b'') in ''C<nowiki>'</nowiki>''. In general, ''g<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' can be constructed using one of the embedding theorems for abelian categories.

From here it is straightforward to check that (''A<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''C<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''f&thinsp;<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''g<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''h<nowiki>'</nowiki>'') is an exact couple. ''C<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' corresponds to the ''E<sub>1</sub>'' term of the spectral sequence. We can iterate this procedure to get exact couples (''A''<sup>(''n'')</sup>, ''C''<sup>(''n'')</sup>, ''f''<sup>(''n'')</sup>, ''g''<sup>(''n'')</sup>, ''h''<sup>(''n'')</sup>).

In order to construct a spectral sequence, let ''E<sub>n</sub>'' be ''C''<sup>(''n'')</sup> and ''d<sub>n</sub>'' be ''g''<sup>(''n'')</sup> <small>o</small> ''h''<sup>(''n'')</sup>.

==== Spectral sequences constructed with this method ====

* [[Serre spectral sequence]]{{sfn|May}} - used to compute (co)homology of a fibration
* [[Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence]] - used to compute (co)homology of extraordinary cohomology theories, such as [[K-theory]]
* [[Bockstein spectral sequence]].
* Spectral sequences of filtered complexes

=== The spectral sequence of a filtered complex ===

A very common type of spectral sequence comes from a [[Filtration (abstract algebra)|filtered]] cochain complex, as it naturally induces a bigraded object. Consider a cochain complex <math> (C^{\bullet}, d) </math> together with a descending filtration,  <math display="inline"> ... \supset\, F^{-2}C^{\bullet} \,\supset\, F^{-1}C^{\bullet} \supset F^{0}C^{\bullet} \,\supset\, F^{1}C^{\bullet} \,\supset\, F^{2}C^{\bullet} \,\supset\, F^{3}C^{\bullet} \,\supset... \, </math> . We require that the boundary map is compatible with the filtration, i.e. <math display="inline"> d(F^pC^n) \subset F^pC^{n+1}</math>, and that the filtration is ''exhaustive'', that is, the union of the set of all <math display="inline">F^pC^{\bullet}</math> is the entire chain complex <math display="inline">C^{\bullet}</math>. Then there exists a spectral sequence with <math display="inline"> E_0^{p,q} = F^{p}C^{p+q}/F^{p+1}C^{p+q} </math> and <math display="inline"> E_1^{p,q} = H^{p+q}(F^{p}C^{\bullet}/F^{p+1}C^{\bullet}) </math>.<ref>{{citation|surname1=[[Serge Lang]]|title=Algebra|edition=Überarbeitete 3.|series=Graduate Texts in Mathematics 211|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer-Verlag]]|publication-place=New York|isbn=038795385X|date=2002|language=German
}}</ref> Later, we will also assume that the filtration is ''Hausdorff'' or ''separated'', that is, the intersection of the set of all <math display="inline">F^pC^{\bullet}</math> is zero.

The filtration is useful because it gives a measure of nearness to zero: As ''p'' increases, <math display="inline">F^pC^{\bullet}</math>  gets closer and closer to zero.  We will construct a spectral sequence from this filtration where coboundaries and cocycles in later sheets get closer and closer to coboundaries and cocycles in the original complex.  This spectral sequence is doubly graded by the filtration degree ''p'' and the complementary degree {{math|1=''q'' = ''n'' &minus; ''p''}}.

==== Construction ====
<math> C^{\bullet} </math> has only a single grading and a filtration, so we first construct a doubly graded object for the first page of the spectral sequence. To get the second grading, we will take the associated graded object with respect to the filtration.  We will write it in an unusual way which will be justified at the <math> E_1 </math> step:

:<math>Z_{-1}^{p,q} = Z_0^{p,q} = F^p C^{p+q}</math>
:<math>B_0^{p,q} = 0</math>
:<math>E_0^{p,q} = \frac{Z_0^{p,q}}{B_0^{p,q} + Z_{-1}^{p+1,q-1}} = \frac{F^p C^{p+q}}{F^{p+1} C^{p+q}}</math>
:<math>E_0 = \bigoplus_{p,q\in\mathbf{Z}} E_0^{p,q}</math>

Since we assumed that the boundary map was compatible with the filtration, <math> E_0 </math> is a doubly graded object and there is a natural doubly graded boundary map <math> d_0 </math> on <math> E_0 </math>.  To get <math> E_1 </math>, we take the homology of <math> E_0 </math>.

:<math>\bar{Z}_1^{p,q} = \ker d_0^{p,q} : E_0^{p,q} \rightarrow E_0^{p,q+1} = \ker d_0^{p,q} : F^p C^{p+q}/F^{p+1} C^{p+q} \rightarrow F^p C^{p+q+1}/F^{p+1} C^{p+q+1}</math>
:<math>\bar{B}_1^{p,q} = \mbox{im } d_0^{p,q-1} : E_0^{p,q-1} \rightarrow E_0^{p,q} = \mbox{im } d_0^{p,q-1} : F^p C^{p+q-1}/F^{p+1} C^{p+q-1} \rightarrow F^p C^{p+q}/F^{p+1} C^{p+q}</math>
:<math>E_1^{p,q} = \frac{\bar{Z}_1^{p,q}}{\bar{B}_1^{p,q}} = \frac{\ker d_0^{p,q} : E_0^{p,q} \rightarrow E_0^{p,q+1}}{\mbox{im } d_0^{p,q-1} : E_0^{p,q-1} \rightarrow E_0^{p,q}}</math>
:<math>E_1 = \bigoplus_{p,q\in\mathbf{Z}} E_1^{p,q} = \bigoplus_{p,q\in\mathbf{Z}} \frac{\bar{Z}_1^{p,q}}{\bar{B}_1^{p,q}}</math>

Notice that <math>\bar{Z}_1^{p,q}</math> and <math>\bar{B}_1^{p,q}</math> can be written as the images in <math>E_0^{p,q}</math> of
 
:<math>Z_1^{p,q} = \ker d_0^{p,q} : F^p C^{p+q} \rightarrow C^{p+q+1}/F^{p+1} C^{p+q+1}</math>
:<math>B_1^{p,q} = (\mbox{im } d_0^{p,q-1} : F^p C^{p+q-1} \rightarrow C^{p+q}) \cap F^p C^{p+q}</math>

and that we then have

:<math>E_1^{p,q} = \frac{Z_1^{p,q}}{B_1^{p,q} + Z_0^{p+1,q-1}}.</math>

<math>Z_1^{p,q}</math> are exactly the elements which the differential pushes up one level in the filtration, and <math>B_1^{p,q}</math> are exactly the image of the elements which the differential pushes up zero levels in the filtration.  This suggests that we should choose <math>Z_r^{p,q}</math> to be the elements which the differential pushes up ''r'' levels in the filtration and <math>B_r^{p,q}</math> to be image of the elements which the differential pushes up ''r-1'' levels in the filtration. In other words, the spectral sequence should satisfy

:<math>Z_r^{p,q} = \ker d_0^{p,q} : F^p C^{p+q} \rightarrow C^{p+q+1}/F^{p+r} C^{p+q+1}</math>
:<math>B_r^{p,q} = (\mbox{im } d_0^{p-r+1,q+r-2} : F^{p-r+1} C^{p+q-1} \rightarrow C^{p+q}) \cap F^p C^{p+q}</math>
:<math>E_r^{p,q} = \frac{Z_r^{p,q}}{B_r^{p,q} + Z_{r-1}^{p+1,q-1}}</math>

and we should have the relationship

:<math>B_r^{p,q} = d_0^{p,q}(Z_{r-1}^{p-r+1,q+r-2}).</math>

For this to make sense, we must find a differential <math> d_r </math> on each <math> E_r </math> and verify that it leads to homology isomorphic to <math> E_{r+1} </math>.  The differential 
 
:<math>d_r^{p,q} : E_r^{p,q} \rightarrow E_r^{p+r,q-r+1}</math>

is defined by restricting the original differential <math> d </math> defined on <math>C^{p+q}</math> to the subobject <math>Z_r^{p,q}</math>. It is straightforward to check that the homology of <math> E_r </math> with respect to this differential is <math> E_{r+1} </math>, so this gives a spectral sequence. Unfortunately, the differential is not very explicit. Determining differentials or finding ways to work around them is one of the main challenges to successfully applying a spectral sequence.

==== Spectral sequences constructed with this method ====

* [[Hodge–de Rham spectral sequence]]
* Spectral sequence of a double complex
* Can be used to construct Mixed Hodge structures<ref>{{cite arXiv|last1=Elzein|first1=Fouad|last2=Trang|first2=Lê Dung|date=2013-02-23|title=Mixed Hodge Structures|eprint=1302.5811|pages=40, 4.0.2|class=math.AG}}</ref>

=== The spectral sequence of a double complex ===

Another common spectral sequence is the spectral sequence of a double complex. A '''double complex''' is a collection of objects ''C<sub>i,j</sub>'' for all integers ''i'' and ''j'' together with two differentials, {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} and {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}}.  {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} is assumed to decrease ''i'', and {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}} is assumed to decrease ''j''. Furthermore, we assume that the differentials ''anticommute'', so that ''d''{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} ''d''{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}} + ''d''{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}} ''d''{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} = 0. Our goal is to compare the iterated homologies <math>H^\textrm{I}_i(H^\textrm{II}_j(C_{\bullet,\bullet}))</math> and <math>H^\textrm{II}_j(H^\textrm{I}_i(C_{\bullet,\bullet}))</math>. We will do this by filtering our double complex in two different ways.  Here are our filtrations:

:<math>(C_{i,j}^\textrm{I})_p = \begin{cases}
0 & \text{if } i < p \\
C_{i,j} & \text{if } i \ge p \end{cases}</math>
:<math>(C_{i,j}^\textrm{II})_p = \begin{cases}
0 & \text{if } j < p \\
C_{i,j} & \text{if } j \ge p \end{cases}</math>

To get a spectral sequence, we will reduce to the previous example. We define the ''total complex'' ''T''(''C''<sub>•,•</sub>) to be the complex whose {{prime|''n''}}th term is <math>\bigoplus_{i+j=n} C_{i,j}</math> and whose differential is {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} + {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}}.  This is a complex because {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} and {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}} are anticommuting differentials. The two filtrations on ''C<sub>i,j</sub>'' give two filtrations on the total complex:

:<math>T_n(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_p = \bigoplus_{i+j=n \atop i > p-1} C_{i,j}</math>
:<math>T_n(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{II}_p = \bigoplus_{i+j=n \atop j > p-1} C_{i,j}</math>

To show that these spectral sequences give information about the iterated homologies, we will work out the ''E''{{i sup|0}}, ''E''{{i sup|1}}, and ''E''{{i sup|2}} terms of the {{rn|I}} filtration on ''T''(''C''<sub>•,•</sub>).  The ''E''{{i sup|0}} term is clear:

:<math>{}^\textrm{I}E^0_{p,q} =
T_n(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_p / T_n(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_{p+1} =
\bigoplus_{i+j=n \atop i > p-1} C_{i,j} \Big/
\bigoplus_{i+j=n \atop i > p} C_{i,j} =
C_{p,q},</math>
where {{nowrap|''n'' {{=}} ''p'' + ''q''}}.

To find the ''E''{{i sup|1}} term, we need to determine {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} + {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}} on ''E''{{i sup|0}}. Notice that the differential must have degree &minus;1 with respect to ''n'', so we get a map

:<math>d^\textrm{I}_{p,q} + d^\textrm{II}_{p,q} :
T_n(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_p / T_n(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_{p+1} =
C_{p,q} \rightarrow
T_{n-1}(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_p / T_{n-1}(C_{\bullet,\bullet})^\textrm{I}_{p+1} =
C_{p,q-1}</math>

Consequently, the differential on ''E''{{i sup|0}} is the map ''C''<sub>''p'',''q''</sub> → ''C''<sub>''p'',''q''&minus;1</sub> induced by {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} + {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}}.  But  {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} has the wrong degree to induce such a map, so {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|I}}}} must be zero on ''E''{{i sup|0}}. That means the differential is exactly {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}}, so we get

:<math>{}^\textrm{I}E^1_{p,q} = H^\textrm{II}_q(C_{p,\bullet}).</math>

To find ''E''{{i sup|2}}, we need to determine

:<math>d^\textrm{I}_{p,q} + d^\textrm{II}_{p,q} :
H^\textrm{II}_q(C_{p,\bullet}) \rightarrow
H^\textrm{II}_q(C_{p+1,\bullet})</math>

Because ''E''{{i sup|1}} was exactly the homology with respect to {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}}, {{mvar|d}}{{i sup|{{rn|II}}}} is zero on ''E''{{i sup|1}}. Consequently, we get

:<math>{}^\textrm{I}E^2_{p,q} = H^\textrm{I}_p(H^\textrm{II}_q(C_{\bullet,\bullet})).</math>

Using the other filtration gives us a different spectral sequence with a similar ''E''{{i sup|2}} term:

:<math>{}^\textrm{II}E^2_{p,q} = H^\textrm{II}_q(H^{I}_p(C_{\bullet,\bullet})).</math>

What remains is to find a relationship between these two spectral sequences. It will turn out that as ''r'' increases, the two sequences will become similar enough to allow useful comparisons.

== Convergence, degeneration, and abutment ==
=== Interpretation as a filtration of cycles and boundaries ===
Let ''E''<sub>''r''</sub> be a spectral sequence, starting with say ''r'' = 1. Then there is a sequence of subobjects
:<math>0 = B_0 \subset B_1 \subset B_{2} \subset \dots \subset B_r \subset \dots \subset Z_r \subset \dots \subset Z_2 \subset Z_1 \subset Z_0 = E_1</math>
such that <math>E_r \simeq Z_{r-1}/B_{r-1}</math>; indeed, recursively we let <math>Z_0 = E_1, B_0 = 0</math> and let <math>Z_r, B_r</math> be so that  <math>Z_r/B_{r-1}, B_r/B_{r-1}</math> are the kernel and the image of <math>E_r \overset{d_r}\to E_r.</math>

We then  let <math>Z_{\infty} = \cap_r Z_r, B_{\infty} = \cup_r B_r</math> and
:<math>E_{\infty} = Z_{\infty}/B_{\infty}</math>;
it is called the '''limiting term'''. (Of course, such <math>E_{\infty}</math> need not exist in the category, but this is usually a non-issue since for example in the category of modules such limits exist or since in practice a spectral sequence one works with tends to degenerate; there are only finitely many inclusions in the sequence above.)

=== Terms of convergence ===
We say a spectral sequence '''converges weakly''' if there is a graded object <math> H^{\bullet} </math> with a filtration <math> F^{\bullet} H^{n} </math> for every <math> n </math>, and for every <math> p </math> there exists an isomorphism <math> E_{\infty}^{p,q} \cong F^pH^{p+q}/F^{p+1}H^{p+q} </math>.  It '''converges''' to <math> H^{\bullet} </math> if the filtration <math> F^{\bullet} H^{n} </math> is Hausdorff, i.e. <math> \cap_{p}F^pH^{\bullet}=0 </math>. We write
:<math>E_r^{p,q} \Rightarrow_p E_\infty^n</math>

to mean that whenever ''p'' + ''q'' = ''n'', <math>E_r^{p,q}</math> converges to <math>E_\infty^{p,q}</math>.
We say that a spectral sequence <math>E_r^{p,q}</math> '''abuts to''' <math>E_\infty^{p,q}</math> (the '''spectral sequence abutment'''{{Anchor|Abutment}}) if for every <math> p,q </math> there is <math> r(p,q) </math> such that for all <math>r \geq r(p,q)</math>, <math>E_r^{p,q} = E_{r(p,q)}^{p,q}</math>. Then <math>E_{r(p,q)}^{p,q} = E_\infty^{p,q}</math> is the limiting term. The spectral sequence is '''regular''' or '''degenerates at <math> r_0 </math> '''if the differentials <math>d_r^{p,q}</math> are zero for all <math> r \geq r_0 </math>. If in particular there is <math> r_0 \geq 2 </math>, such that the <math> r_0^{th} </math> sheet is concentrated on a single row or a single column, then we say it '''collapses'''. In symbols, we write:

:<math>E_r^{p,q} \Rightarrow_p E_\infty^{p,q}</math>

The ''p'' indicates the filtration index. It is very common to write the <math>E_2^{p,q}</math> term on the left-hand side of the abutment, because this is the most useful term of most spectral sequences. The spectral sequence of an unfiltered chain complex degenerates at the first sheet (see first example): since nothing happens after the zeroth sheet, the limiting sheet <math> E_{\infty} </math> is the same as <math> E_1 </math>.

The [[five-term exact sequence]] of a spectral sequence relates certain low-degree terms and ''E''<sub>∞</sub> terms.

== Examples of degeneration ==

=== The spectral sequence of a filtered complex, continued ===

Notice that we have a chain of inclusions:

:<math>Z_0^{p,q} \supe Z_1^{p,q} \supe Z_2^{p,q}\supe\cdots\supe B_2^{p,q} \supe B_1^{p,q} \supe B_0^{p,q}</math>

We can ask what happens if we define

:<math>Z_\infty^{p,q} = \bigcap_{r=0}^\infty Z_r^{p,q},</math>
:<math>B_\infty^{p,q} = \bigcup_{r=0}^\infty B_r^{p,q},</math>
:<math>E_\infty^{p,q} = \frac{Z_\infty^{p,q}}{B_\infty^{p,q}+Z_\infty^{p+1,q-1}}.</math>

<math>E_\infty^{p,q}</math> is a natural candidate for the abutment of this spectral sequence. Convergence is not automatic, but happens in many cases. In particular, if the filtration is finite and consists of exactly ''r'' nontrivial steps, then the spectral sequence degenerates after the ''r''th sheet. Convergence also occurs if the complex and the filtration are both bounded below or both bounded above.

To describe the abutment of our spectral sequence in more detail, notice that we have the formulas:

:<math>Z_\infty^{p,q} = \bigcap_{r=0}^\infty Z_r^{p,q} = \bigcap_{r=0}^\infty \ker(F^p C^{p+q} \rightarrow C^{p+q+1}/F^{p+r} C^{p+q+1})</math>
:<math>B_\infty^{p,q} = \bigcup_{r=0}^\infty B_r^{p,q} = \bigcup_{r=0}^\infty (\mbox{im } d^{p,q-r} : F^{p-r} C^{p+q-1} \rightarrow C^{p+q}) \cap F^p C^{p+q}</math>

To see what this implies for <math>Z_\infty^{p,q}</math> recall that we assumed that the filtration was separated. This implies that as ''r'' increases, the kernels shrink, until we are left with <math>Z_\infty^{p,q} = \ker(F^p C^{p+q} \rightarrow C^{p+q+1})</math>.  For <math>B_\infty^{p,q}</math>, recall that we assumed that the filtration was exhaustive. This implies that as ''r'' increases, the images grow until we reach <math>B_\infty^{p,q} = \text{im }(C^{p+q-1} \rightarrow C^{p+q}) \cap F^p C^{p+q}</math>. We conclude

:<math>E_\infty^{p,q} = \mbox{gr}_p H^{p+q}(C^\bull)</math>,

that is, the abutment of the spectral sequence is the ''p''th graded part of the ''(p+q)''th homology of ''C''. If our spectral sequence converges, then we conclude that:

:<math>E_r^{p,q} \Rightarrow_p H^{p+q}(C^\bull)</math>

==== Long exact sequences ====

Using the spectral sequence of a filtered complex, we can derive the existence of [[long exact sequence]]s. Choose a short exact sequence of cochain complexes 0 → {{var|A}}{{i sup|•}} → {{var|B}}{{i sup|•}} → {{var|C}}{{i sup|•}} → 0, and call the first map {{var|f}}{{i sup|•}} : {{var|A}}{{i sup|•}} → {{var|B}}{{i sup|•}}. We get natural maps of homology objects ''H<sup>n</sup>''({{var|A}}{{i sup|•}}) → ''H<sup>n</sup>''({{var|B}}{{i sup|•}}) → ''H<sup>n</sup>''({{var|C}}{{i sup|•}}), and we know that this is exact in the middle. We will use the spectral sequence of a filtered complex to find the connecting homomorphism and to prove that the resulting sequence is exact.To start, we filter {{mvar|B}}{{i sup|•}}:

:<math>F^0 B^n = B^n</math>
:<math>F^1 B^n = A^n</math>
:<math>F^2 B^n = 0</math>

This gives:

:<math>E^{p,q}_0
= \frac{F^p B^{p+q}}{F^{p+1} B^{p+q}} = \begin{cases}
0 & \text{if } p < 0 \text{ or } p > 1 \\
C^q & \text{if } p = 0 \\
A^{q+1} & \text{if } p = 1 \end{cases}</math>
:<math>E^{p,q}_1
= \begin{cases}
0 & \text{if } p < 0 \text{ or } p > 1 \\
H^q(C^\bull) & \text{if } p = 0 \\
H^{q+1}(A^\bull) & \text{if } p = 1 \end{cases}</math>

The differential has bidegree (1, 0), so ''d''<sub>0,''q''</sub> : ''H<sup>q</sup>''({{var|C}}{{i sup|•}}) → ''H''<sup>''q''+1</sup>({{var|A}}{{i sup|•}}). These are the connecting homomorphisms from the [[snake lemma]], and together with the maps {{mvar|A}}{{i sup|•}} → {{mvar|B}}{{i sup|•}} → {{mvar|C}}{{i sup|•}}, they give a sequence:

:<math>\cdots\rightarrow H^q(B^\bull) \rightarrow H^q(C^\bull) \rightarrow H^{q+1}(A^\bull) \rightarrow H^{q+1}(B^\bull) \rightarrow\cdots</math>

It remains to show that this sequence is exact at the ''A'' and ''C'' spots.  Notice that this spectral sequence degenerates at the ''E''<sub>2</sub> term because the differentials have bidegree (2, &minus;1). Consequently, the ''E''<sub>2</sub> term is the same as the ''E''<sub>∞</sub> term:

:<math>E^{p,q}_2
\cong \text{gr}_p H^{p+q}(B^\bull)
= \begin{cases}
0 & \text{if } p < 0 \text{ or } p > 1 \\
H^q(B^\bull)/H^q(A^\bull) & \text{if } p = 0 \\
\text{im } H^{q+1}f^\bull : H^{q+1}(A^\bull) \rightarrow H^{q+1}(B^\bull) &\text{if } p = 1 \end{cases}</math>

But we also have a direct description of the ''E''<sub>2</sub> term as the homology of the ''E''<sub>1</sub> term. These two descriptions must be isomorphic:

:<math> H^q(B^\bull)/H^q(A^\bull) \cong \ker d^1_{0,q} : H^q(C^\bull) \rightarrow H^{q+1}(A^\bull)</math>
:<math> \text{im } H^{q+1}f^\bull : H^{q+1}(A^\bull) \rightarrow H^{q+1}(B^\bull) \cong H^{q+1}(A^\bull) / (\mbox{im } d^1_{0,q} : H^q(C^\bull) \rightarrow H^{q+1}(A^\bull))</math>

The former gives exactness at the ''C'' spot, and the latter gives exactness at the ''A'' spot.

=== The spectral sequence of a double complex, continued ===

Using the abutment for a filtered complex, we find that:

:<math>H^\textrm{I}_p(H^\textrm{II}_q(C_{\bull,\bull})) \Rightarrow_p H^{p+q}(T(C_{\bull,\bull}))</math>
:<math>H^\textrm{II}_q(H^\textrm{I}_p(C_{\bull,\bull})) \Rightarrow_q H^{p+q}(T(C_{\bull,\bull}))</math>

In general, ''the two gradings on {{tmath|H^{p+q}(T(C_{\bull,\bull}))}} are distinct''.  Despite this, it is still possible to gain useful information from these two spectral sequences.

==== Commutativity of Tor ====

Let ''R'' be a ring, let ''M'' be a right ''R''-module and ''N'' a left ''R''-module. Recall that the derived functors of the tensor product are denoted [[Tor functor|Tor]]. Tor is defined using a [[projective resolution]] of its first argument. However, it turns out that <math>\operatorname{Tor}_i(M,N) =\operatorname{Tor}_i(N,M)</math>. While this can be verified without a spectral sequence, it is very easy with spectral sequences.

Choose projective resolutions <math>P_\bull</math> and <math>Q_\bull</math> of ''M'' and ''N'', respectively. Consider these as complexes which vanish in negative degree having differentials ''d'' and ''e'', respectively. We can construct a double complex whose terms are <math>C_{i,j} = P_i \otimes Q_j</math> and whose differentials are <math>d \otimes 1</math> and <math>(-1)^\textrm{I}(1 \otimes e)</math>. (The factor of &minus;1 is so that the differentials anticommute.) Since projective modules are flat, taking the tensor product with a projective module commutes with taking homology, so we get:

:<math>H^\textrm{I}_p(H^\textrm{II}_q(P_\bull \otimes Q_\bull)) = H^\textrm{I}_p(P_\bull \otimes H^\textrm{II}_q(Q_\bull))</math>
:<math>H^\textrm{II}_q(H^\textrm{I}_p(P_\bull \otimes Q_\bull)) = H^\textrm{II}_q(H^\textrm{I}_p(P_\bull) \otimes Q_\bull)</math>

Since the two complexes are resolutions, their homology vanishes outside of degree zero. In degree zero, we are left with

:<math>H^\textrm{I}_p(P_\bull \otimes N) = \operatorname{Tor}_p(M,N)</math>
:<math>H^\textrm{II}_q(M \otimes Q_\bull) = \operatorname{Tor}_q(N,M)</math>

In particular, the <math>E^2_{p,q}</math> terms vanish except along the lines ''q'' = 0 (for the {{rn|I}} spectral sequence) and ''p'' = 0 (for the {{rn|II}} spectral sequence). This implies that the spectral sequence degenerates at the second sheet, so the ''E''<sup>∞</sup> terms are isomorphic to the ''E''<sup>2</sup> terms:

:<math>\operatorname{Tor}_p(M,N) \cong E^\infty_p = H_p(T(C_{\bull,\bull}))</math>
:<math>\operatorname{Tor}_q(N,M) \cong E^\infty_q = H_q(T(C_{\bull,\bull}))</math>

Finally, when ''p'' and ''q'' are equal, the two right-hand sides are equal, and the commutativity of Tor follows.

== Worked-out examples ==
=== First-quadrant sheet ===
Consider a spectral sequence where <math>E_r^{p,q}</math> vanishes for all <math> p </math> less than some <math> p_0 </math> and for all <math> q </math> less than some <math> q_0 </math>.  If <math> p_0 </math> and <math> q_0 </math> can be chosen to be zero, this is called a '''first-quadrant spectral sequence'''.
The sequence abuts because <math> E_{r+i}^{p,q} = E_r^{p,q} </math> holds for all <math> i\geq 0 </math> if <math> r>p </math> and <math> r>q+1 </math>. To see this, note that either the domain or the codomain of the differential is zero for the considered cases. In visual terms, the sheets stabilize in a growing rectangle (see picture above). The spectral sequence need not degenerate, however, because the differential maps might not all be zero at once. Similarly, the spectral sequence also converges if <math>E_r^{p,q}</math> vanishes for all <math> p </math> greater than some <math> p_0 </math> and for all <math> q </math> greater than some <math> q_0 </math>.

=== 2 non-zero adjacent columns ===
Let <math>E^r_{p, q}</math> be a homological spectral sequence such that <math>E^2_{p, q} = 0</math> for all ''p'' other than 0, 1. Visually, this is the spectral sequence with <math>E^2</math>-page
:<math>\begin{matrix}
& \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,2} & E^2_{1,2} & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,1} & E^2_{1,1} & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,0} & E^2_{1,0} & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,-1} & E^2_{1,-1} & 0 & \cdots \\
& \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & 
\end{matrix}</math>
The differentials on the second page have degree (-2, 1), so they are of the form
:<math>d^2_{p,q}:E^2_{p,q} \to E^2_{p-2,q+1}</math>
These maps are all zero since they are
:<math>d^2_{0,q}:E^2_{0,q} \to 0</math>, <math>d^2_{1,q}:E^2_{1,q} \to 0</math>
hence the spectral sequence degenerates: <math>E^{\infty} = E^2</math>. Say, it converges to <math>H_*</math> with a filtration
:<math>0 = F_{-1} H_n \subset F_0 H_n \subset \dots \subset F_n H_n = H_n</math>
such that <math>E^{\infty}_{p, q} = F_p H_{p+q}/F_{p-1} H_{p+q}</math>. Then <math>F_0 H_n = E^2_{0, n}</math>, <math>F_1 H_n / F_0 H_n = E^2_{1, n -1}</math>, <math>F_2 H_n / F_1 H_n = 0</math>, <math>F_3 H_n / F_2 H_n = 0</math>, etc. Thus, there is the exact sequence:<ref>{{harvnb|Weibel|1994|loc=Exercise 5.2.1.}}; there are typos in the exact sequence, at least in the 1994 edition.</ref>
:<math>0 \to E^2_{0, n} \to H_n \to E^2_{1, n - 1} \to 0</math>.
Next, let <math>E^r_{p, q}</math> be a spectral sequence whose second page consists only of two lines ''q'' = 0, 1. This need not degenerate at the second page but it still degenerates at the third page as the differentials there have degree (-3, 2). Note <math>E^3_{p, 0} = \operatorname{ker} (d: E^2_{p, 0} \to E^2_{p - 2, 1})</math>, as the denominator is zero. Similarly, <math>E^3_{p, 1} = \operatorname{coker}(d: E^2_{p+2, 0} \to E^2_{p, 1})</math>. Thus,
:<math>0 \to E^{\infty}_{p, 0} \to E^2_{p, 0} \overset{d}\to E^2_{p-2, 1} \to E^{\infty}_{p-2, 1} \to 0</math>.
Now, say, the spectral sequence converges to ''H'' with a filtration ''F'' as in the previous example. Since <math>F_{p-2} H_{p} / F_{p-3} H_{p} = E^{\infty}_{p-2, 2} = 0</math>, <math>F_{p-3} H_p / F_{p-4} H_p = 0</math>, etc., we have: <math>0 \to E^{\infty}_{p - 1, 1} \to H_p \to E^{\infty}_{p, 0} \to 0</math>. Putting everything together, one gets:<ref>{{harvnb|Weibel|1994|loc=Exercise 5.2.2.}}</ref>
:<math>\cdots \to H_{p+1} \to E^2_{p + 1, 0} \overset{d}\to E^2_{p - 1, 1} \to H_p \to E^2_{p, 0} \overset{d}\to E^2_{p - 2, 1} \to H_{p-1} \to \dots.</math>

=== Wang sequence ===
The computation in the previous section generalizes in a straightforward way. Consider a [[fibration]] over a sphere:
:<math>F \overset{i}\to E \overset{p}\to S^n</math>
with ''n'' at least 2. There is the [[Serre spectral sequence]]:
:<math>E^2_{p, q} = H_p(S^n; H_q(F)) \Rightarrow H_{p+q}(E)</math>;
that is to say, <math>E^{\infty}_{p, q} = F_p H_{p+q}(E)/F_{p-1} H_{p+q}(E)</math> with some filtration <math>F_\bullet</math>.

Since <math>H_p(S^n)</math> is nonzero only when ''p'' is zero or ''n'' and equal to '''Z''' in that case, we see <math>E^2_{p, q}</math> consists of only two lines <math>p = 0,n</math>, hence the <math>E^2</math>-page is given by
:<math>\begin{matrix}
& \vdots & \vdots & \vdots &  & \vdots  & \vdots & \vdots & \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,2} & 0 & \cdots & 0 & E^2_{n,2} & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,1} & 0 & \cdots & 0  & E^2_{n,1} & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & E^2_{0,0} & 0 & \cdots & 0  & E^2_{n,0} & 0 & \cdots \\
\end{matrix}</math>
Moreover, since
:<math>E^2_{p, q} = H_p(S^n;H_q(F)) = H_q(F)</math>
for <math>p = 0,n</math> by the [[universal coefficient theorem]], the <math>E^2</math> page looks like
:<math>\begin{matrix}
& \vdots & \vdots & \vdots &  & \vdots  & \vdots & \vdots & \\
\cdots & 0 & H_2(F) & 0 & \cdots & 0 & H_2(F) & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & H_1(F) & 0 & \cdots & 0  & H_1(F) & 0 & \cdots \\
\cdots & 0 & H_0(F) & 0 & \cdots & 0  & H_0(F) & 0 & \cdots \\
\end{matrix}</math>
Since the only non-zero differentials are on the <math>E^n</math>-page, given by
:<math>d^n_{n,q}:E^n_{n,q} \to E^n_{0,q+n-1}</math>
which is
:<math>d^n_{n,q}:H_q(F) \to H_{q+n-1}(F)</math>
the spectral sequence converges on <math>E^{n+1} = E^{\infty}</math>. By computing <math>E^{n+1}</math> we get an exact sequence
:<math>0 \to E^{\infty}_{n, q-n} \to E^n_{n, q-n} \overset{d}\to E^n_{0, q-1} \to E^{\infty}_{0, q-1} \to 0.</math>
and written out using the homology groups, this is
:<math>0 \to E^{\infty}_{n, q-n} \to H_{q-n}(F) \overset{d}\to H_{q-1}(F) \to E^{\infty}_{0, q-1} \to 0.</math>
To establish what the two <math>E^\infty</math>-terms are, write <math>H = H(E)</math>, and since <math>F_1 H_q/F_0 H_q = E^{\infty}_{1, q - 1} = 0</math>, etc., we have: <math>E^{\infty}_{n, q-n} = F_n H_q / F_0 H_q</math> and thus, since <math>F_n H_q = H_q</math>,
:<math>0 \to E^{\infty}_{0, q} \to H_q \to E^{\infty}_{n, q - n} \to 0.</math>
This is the exact sequence
:<math>0 \to H_q(F) \to H_q(E) \to H_{q-n}(F)\to 0.</math>
Putting all calculations together, one gets:<ref>{{harvnb|Weibel|1994|loc=Application 5.3.5.}}</ref>
:<math>\dots \to H_q(F) \overset{i_*}\to H_q(E) \to H_{q-n}(F) \overset{d}\to H_{q-1}(F) \overset{i_*}\to H_{q-1}(E) \to H_{q-n -1}(F) \to \dots</math>
(The [[Gysin sequence]] is obtained in a similar way.)

=== Low-degree terms ===
With an obvious notational change, the type of the computations in the previous examples can also be carried out for cohomological spectral sequence. Let <math>E_r^{p, q}</math> be a first-quadrant spectral sequence converging to ''H'' with the decreasing filtration
:<math>0 = F^{n+1} H^n \subset F^n H^n \subset \dots \subset F^0 H^n = H^n</math>
so that <math>E_{\infty}^{p,q} = F^p H^{p+q}/F^{p+1} H^{p+q}.</math>
Since <math>E_2^{p, q}</math> is zero if ''p'' or ''q'' is negative, we have:
:<math>0 \to E^{0, 1}_{\infty} \to E^{0, 1}_2 \overset{d}\to E^{2, 0}_2 \to E^{2, 0}_{\infty} \to 0.</math>
Since <math>E_{\infty}^{1, 0} = E_2^{1, 0}</math> for the same reason and since <math>F^2 H^1 = 0,</math>
:<math>0 \to E_2^{1, 0} \to H^1 \to E^{0, 1}_{\infty} \to 0</math>.
Since <math>F^3 H^2 = 0</math>, <math>E^{2, 0}_{\infty} \subset H^2</math>. Stacking the sequences together, we get the so-called [[five-term exact sequence]]:
:<math>0 \to E^{1, 0}_2 \to H^1 \to E^{0, 1}_2 \overset{d}\to E^{2, 0}_2 \to H^2.</math>

== Edge maps and transgressions ==

=== Homological spectral sequences ===
Let <math>E^r_{p, q}</math> be a spectral sequence. If <math>E^r_{p, q} = 0</math> for every ''q'' < 0, then it must be that: for ''r'' ≥ 2,
:<math>E^{r+1}_{p, 0} = \operatorname{ker}(d: E^r_{p, 0} \to E^r_{p-r, r-1})</math>
as the denominator is zero. Hence, there is a sequence of monomorphisms:
:<math>E^{r}_{p, 0} \to E^{r-1}_{p, 0} \to \dots \to E^3_{p, 0} \to E^2_{p, 0}</math>.
They are called the edge maps. Similarly, if <math>E^r_{p, q} = 0</math> for every ''p'' < 0, then there is a sequence of epimorphisms (also called the edge maps):
:<math>E^2_{0, q} \to E^3_{0, q} \to \dots \to E^{r-1}_{0, q} \to E^r_{0, q}</math>.
The [[transgression map|transgression]] is a partially-defined map (more precisely, a [[additive relation|map from a subobject to a quotient]])
:<math>\tau: E^2_{p, 0} \to E^2_{0, p - 1}</math>
given as a composition <math>E^2_{p, 0} \to E^p_{p, 0} \overset{d}\to E^p_{0, p-1} \to E^2_{0, p - 1}</math>, the first and last maps being the inverses of the edge maps.{{sfn|May|loc=§ 1}}

=== Cohomological spectral sequences ===
For a spectral sequence <math>E_r^{p, q}</math> of cohomological type, the analogous statements hold. If <math>E_r^{p, q} = 0</math> for every ''q'' < 0, then there is a sequence of epimorphisms
:<math>E_{2}^{p, 0} \to E_{3}^{p, 0} \to \dots \to E_{r-1}^{p, 0} \to E_r^{p, 0}</math>.
And if <math>E_r^{p, q} = 0</math> for every ''p'' < 0, then there is a sequence of monomorphisms:
:<math>E_{r}^{0, q} \to E_{r-1}^{0, q} \to \dots \to E_{3}^{0, q} \to E_2^{0, q}</math>.
The transgression is a not necessarily well-defined map:
:<math>\tau: E_2^{0, q-1} \to E_2^{q, 0}</math>
induced by <math>d: E_q^{0, q-1} \to E_q^{q, 0}</math>.

=== Application ===
Determining these maps are fundamental for computing many differentials in the [[Serre spectral sequence]]. For instance the transgression map determines the differential{{sfn|Hatcher|pp=540, 564}}
:<math>d_n:E_{n,0}^n \to E_{0,n-1}^n</math>
for the homological spectral spectral sequence, hence on the Serre spectral sequence for a fibration <math>F \to E \to B</math> gives the map
:<math>d_n:H_n(B) \to H_{n-1}(F)</math>.

== Further examples ==

Some notable spectral sequences are:

=== Topology and geometry ===

* [[Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence]] of an [[extraordinary cohomology theory]]
*[[Bar spectral sequence]] for the homology of the classifying space of a group.
*[[Bockstein spectral sequence]] relating the homology with mod ''p'' coefficients and the homology reduced mod ''p''.
*[[Cartan–Leray spectral sequence]] converging to the homology of a quotient space.
*[[Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence]] for the [[singular cohomology]] of the [[pullback]] of a [[fibration]]
*[[Serre spectral sequence]] of a [[fibration]]

=== Homotopy theory ===

* [[Adams spectral sequence]] in [[stable homotopy theory]]
*[[Adams–Novikov spectral sequence]], a generalization to [[extraordinary cohomology theory|extraordinary cohomology theories]].
*[[Barratt spectral sequence]] converging to the homotopy of the initial space of a cofibration.
*[[Bousfield–Kan spectral sequence]] converging to the homotopy colimit of a functor.
*[[Chromatic spectral sequence]] for calculating the initial terms of the [[Adams–Novikov spectral sequence]].
*[[Cobar spectral sequence]]
*[[EHP spectral sequence]] converging to [[stable homotopy groups of spheres]]
*[[Federer spectral sequence]] converging to homotopy groups of a function space.
*[[Homotopy fixed point spectral sequence]]<ref>{{cite journal |arxiv=math/0406081|first1=Robert R. |last1=Bruner |first2=John |last2=Rognes |title=Differentials in the homological homotopy fixed point spectral sequence |journal=Algebr. Geom. Topol. |volume=5 |issue=2 |date=2005 |pages=653–690 |doi=10.2140/agt.2005.5.653 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[Hurewicz spectral sequence]] for calculating the homology of a space from its homotopy.
*[[Miller spectral sequence]] converging to the mod ''p'' stable homology of a space.
*[[Milnor spectral sequence]] is another name for the [[bar spectral sequence]].
*[[Moore spectral sequence]] is another name for the bar spectral sequence.
*[[Quillen spectral sequence]] for calculating the homotopy of a simplicial group.
*[[Rothenberg–Steenrod spectral sequence]] is another name for the bar spectral sequence.
*[[van Kampen spectral sequence]] for calculating the homotopy of a wedge of spaces.

=== Algebra ===

* [[Čech-to-derived functor spectral sequence]] from [[Čech cohomology]] to [[sheaf cohomology]].
* [[Change of rings spectral sequence]]s for calculating Tor and Ext groups of modules.
* [[Connes spectral sequence]]s converging to the cyclic homology of an algebra.
* [[Gersten–Witt spectral sequence]]
*[[Green's spectral sequence]] for [[Koszul cohomology]]
*[[Grothendieck spectral sequence]] for composing [[derived functor]]s
*[[Hyperhomology spectral sequence]] for calculating hyperhomology.
*[[Künneth spectral sequence]] for calculating the homology of a tensor product of differential algebras.
*[[Leray spectral sequence]] converging to the cohomology of a sheaf.
*[[Local-to-global Ext spectral sequence]]
*[[Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence]] in [[group cohomology|group (co)homology]]
*[[May spectral sequence]] for calculating the Tor or Ext groups of an algebra.
*Spectral sequence of a differential filtered group: described in this article.
*Spectral sequence of a double complex: described in this article.
*Spectral sequence of an exact couple: described in this article.
*[[Universal coefficient spectral sequence]]
*[[van Est spectral sequence]] converging to relative Lie algebra cohomology.

=== Complex and algebraic geometry ===
*[[Arnold's spectral sequence]] in [[singularity theory]].
*[[Bloch–Lichtenbaum spectral sequence]] converging to the algebraic K-theory of a field.
*[[Frölicher spectral sequence]] starting from the [[Dolbeault cohomology]] and converging to the [[algebraic de Rham cohomology]] of a variety.
*[[Hodge–de Rham spectral sequence]] converging to the [[algebraic de Rham cohomology]] of a variety.
*[[Motivic-to-K-theory spectral sequence|Motivic-to-''K''-theory spectral sequence]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
===Introductory===
*{{Citation
 | first1 = Anatoly
 | last1 = Fomenko
 | first2 = Dmitry
 | last2 = Fuchs
 | title = Homotopical Topology
 | url = http://www.math.columbia.edu/~khovanov/algtop2013/
}}
*{{cite web
 | last = Hatcher
 | first = Allen
 | title = Spectral Sequences in Algebraic Topology
 | url = https://pi.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/AT/ATch5.pdf
}}
===References===

* {{Citation | last1=Leray | first1=Jean | author1-link=Jean Leray | title=L'anneau d'homologie d'une représentation | year=1946a | journal=[[Les Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences]] | volume=222 | pages=1366–1368}}
* {{Citation | last1=Leray | first1=Jean | author1-link=Jean Leray | title=Structure de l'anneau d'homologie d'une représentation | year=1946b | journal=Les Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences| volume=222 | pages=1419–1422}}
* {{cite journal |last=Koszul |first=Jean-Louis |author-link=Jean-Louis Koszul |title=Sur les opérateurs de dérivation dans un anneau |year=1947 |journal=[[Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences]]| volume=225 |pages=217–219}}
* {{cite journal | last=Massey | first=William S. | author-link=William Schumacher Massey | title=Exact couples in algebraic topology. I, II | year=1952 | journal=[[Annals of Mathematics]] |series=Second Series | volume=56 | pages=363–396 | doi=10.2307/1969805 | jstor=1969805 | issue=2 | publisher=Annals of Mathematics}}
* {{cite journal | last=Massey | first=William S. | author-link=William Schumacher Massey | title=Exact couples in algebraic topology. III, IV, V | year=1953 | journal=[[Annals of Mathematics]] |series=Second Series | volume=57 | pages=248–286 | doi=10.2307/1969858 | issue=2 | publisher=Annals of Mathematics | jstor=1969858}}
* {{cite web|first=J. Peter|last=May|author-link=J. Peter May|title=A primer on spectral sequences |url=http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~may/MISC/SpecSeqPrimer.pdf|access-date=21 Jun 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621161908/http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~may/MISC/SpecSeqPrimer.pdf |archive-date=21 Jun 2020|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book | last1=McCleary | first1=John | title=A User's Guide to Spectral Sequences | publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] | edition=2nd | series=Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics | isbn=978-0-521-56759-6 |mr=1793722 | year=2001 | volume=58}}
* {{Citation | last1=Mosher | first1=Robert | last2=Tangora | first2=Martin | title=Cohomology Operations and Applications in Homotopy Theory | publisher=Harper and Row | isbn=978-0-06-044627-7 | year=1968}}
* {{Weibel IHA}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal | last = Chow | first = Timothy Y. | year =2006 | title = You Could Have Invented Spectral Sequences | url = http://www.ams.org/notices/200601/fea-chow.pdf | journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] | volume = 53 | pages = 15–19 }}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=https://mathoverflow.net/q/17357|title= What is so "spectral" about spectral sequences?| publisher= [[MathOverflow]]}}
* {{cite web|url=https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/Macaulay2/doc/Macaulay2-1.15/share/doc/Macaulay2/SpectralSequences/html/|title=SpectralSequences — a package for working with filtered complexes and spectral sequences| publisher=[[Macaulay2]]}}

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