Relative cohomology of complexes based on cotorsion pairs

Let [Formula: see text] be an associative ring with identity. The purpose of this paper is to establish relative cohomology theories based on cotorsion pairs in the setting of unbounded complexes of modules over [Formula: see text]. Let [Formula: see text] be a complete hereditary cotorsion pair in [Formula: see text]-Mod. Then [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are complete hereditary cotorsion pairs in the category of [Formula: see text]-complexes. For any complexes [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] and any [Formula: see text], we define the [Formula: see text]th relative cohomology groups [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] by special [Formula: see text]-precovers of [Formula: see text] and by special [Formula: see text]-preenvelopes of [Formula: see text], respectively. They are common generalizations of absolute cohomology groups and Gorenstein cohomology groups of complexes. Some induced exact sequences concerning relative cohomology groups are considered. It is also shown that the relative cohomology functor of complexes we considered is balanced.