Lemma 14.28.6. Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an additive category. Let $a, b : U \to V$ be morphisms of cosimplicial objects of $\mathcal{A}$. If $a$, $b$ are homotopic, then $s(a), s(b) : s(U) \to s(V)$ are homotopic maps of cochain complexes. If in addition $\mathcal{A}$ is abelian, then $Q(a), Q(b) : Q(U) \to Q(V)$ are homotopic maps of cochain complexes.
The (cosimplicial) Dold-Kan functor carries homotopic maps to homotopic maps.
Proof.
Let $(-)' : \mathcal{A} \to \mathcal{A}^{opp}$ be the contravariant functor $A \mapsto A$. By Lemma 14.28.5 the maps $a'$ and $b'$ are homotopic. By Lemma 14.27.1 we see that $s(a')$ and $s(b')$ are homotopic maps of chain complexes. Since $s(a') = (s(a))'$ and $s(b') = (s(b))'$ we conclude that also $s(a)$ and $s(b)$ are homotopic by applying the additive contravariant functor $(-)'' : \mathcal{A}^{opp} \to \mathcal{A}$. The result for the $Q$-complexes follows in the same manner using that $Q(U)' = N(U')$.
$\square$
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