Write . Let ; we construct an object and a morphism such that . If then set and , the identity map on . If not, we can choose a, possibly infinite, coproduct of copies of and a nonzero morphism which becomes a surjection under the functor . Since the endomorphism ring is a division ring we can, moreover, choose so that this morphism becomes an isomorphism under . We now extend this morphism to a distinguished triangle:
| (3.1) |
Applying to (3.1) gives the exact sequence:
Since , we get .
Original source: arXiv:0705.0102v2