Higher-dimensional virtual diagonals and ideal cohomology for triangular algebras

We investigate the cohomology of non-self-adjoint algebras using virtual diagonals and their higher-dimensional generalizations. We show that infinite dimensional nest algebras always have non-zero second cohomology by showing that they cannot possess 2-virtual diagonals. In the case of the upper triangular atomic nest algebra we exhibit concrete modules for non-vanishing cohomology.