Let $R$ be a ring and $x\in R$ be a central element. Consider the complex
$$0 \rightarrow R \xrightarrow{x} R \rightarrow 0$$
concentrated in degrees 1 and 0. Compute the homology of this complex.
I have two questions:
- What does it mean to say that this chain is concentrated in degrees 0 and 1?
- Is my below attempt at homology correct?
So my guess is that the only non-trivial homologies are $H_1 = Ker(x) = \{y \in R: xy = 0\}$ and $H_2 = R/(x)$ where $(x)$ is the principal ideal generated by x. Can anything else be said here?