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  2. Whitehead theorem - Wikipedia

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    For instance, take X= S 2 × RP 3 and Y= RP 2 × S 3. Then X and Y have the same fundamental group, namely the cyclic group Z/2, and the same universal cover, namely S 2 × S 3; thus, they have isomorphic homotopy groups. On the other hand their homology groups are different (as can be seen from the Künneth formula); thus, X and Y are not ...

  3. Universal coefficient theorem - Wikipedia

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    This becomes straightforward in the absence of 2-torsion in the homology. Quite generally, the result indicates the relationship that holds between the Betti numbers b i of X and the Betti numbers b i,F with coefficients in a field F. These can differ, but only when the characteristic of F is a prime number p for which there is some p-torsion ...

  4. CW complex - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively, it can be constructed from two points x and y and two 1-dimensional balls A and B, such that the endpoints of A are glued to x and y, and the endpoints of B are glued to x and y too. A graph. Given a graph, a 1-dimensional CW complex can be constructed in which the 0-cells are the vertices and the 1-cells are the edges of the ...

  5. Group cohomology - Wikipedia

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    Group cohomology is used in the fields of abstract algebra, homological algebra, algebraic topology and algebraic number theory, as well as in applications to group theory proper. As in algebraic topology, there is a dual theory called group homology.

  6. Alexander duality - Wikipedia

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    That is, the correct answer in honest Betti numbers is 2, 0, 0. Once more, it is the reduced Betti numbers that work out. With those, we begin with 0, 1, 0. to finish with 1, 0, 0. From these two examples, therefore, Alexander's formulation can be inferred: reduced Betti numbers ~ are related in complements by

  7. Betti number - Wikipedia

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    The first few Betti numbers have the following definitions for 0-dimensional, 1-dimensional, and 2-dimensional simplicial complexes: b 0 is the number of connected components; b 1 is the number of one-dimensional or "circular" holes; b 2 is the number of two-dimensional "voids" or "cavities".

  8. Whitehead torsion - Wikipedia

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    Two pairs (X 1, A) and (X 2, A) are said to be equivalent, if there is a simple homotopy equivalence between X 1 and X 2 relative to A. The set of such equivalence classes form a group where the addition is given by taking union of X 1 and X 2 with common subspace A. This group is natural isomorphic to the Whitehead group Wh(A) of the CW-complex A.

  9. Alexander polynomial - Wikipedia

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    From the point of view of the definition, this is an expression of the fact that the knot complement is a homology circle, generated by the covering transformation . More generally if M {\displaystyle M} is a 3-manifold such that r a n k ( H 1 M ) = 1 {\displaystyle rank(H_{1}M)=1} it has an Alexander polynomial Δ M ( t ) {\displaystyle \Delta ...