Homology with Models and Tor

We consider the extension of the notion of a projective module to that of a projective functor relative to a model set (as in Dold, MacLane, Oberst, 1967). Then taking projective resolutions of functors, we consider the usual associated homology.We show that in some cases, including the classical simplicial homology of topological spaces, the model set can be replaced by a model set having only one element. We show that when the model set consists of a single element the homology modules can be interpreted as values of the Torsion functor. In the case of simplicial homology of topological spaces these Tors will be shown to be analogous to the Tors which occur in group homology.