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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. CW complex - Wikipedia

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    It can be constructed from two points (x and y), and the 1-dimensional ball B (an interval), such that one endpoint of B is glued to x and the other is glued to y. The two points x and y are the 0-cells; the interior of B is the 1-cell. Alternatively, it can be constructed just from a single interval, with no 0-cells. A circle.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Mapping cylinder - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, specifically algebraic topology, the mapping cylinder [1] of a continuous function between topological spaces and is the quotient = (([,])) / where the denotes the disjoint union, and ~ is the equivalence relation generated by

  6. Homotopy groups of spheres - Wikipedia

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    In this table, the entries are either a) the trivial group 0, the infinite cyclic group Z, b) the finite cyclic groups of order n (written as Z n), or c) the direct products of such groups (written, for example, as Z 24 ×Z 3 or Z 2 2 = Z 2 ×Z 2). Extended tables of homotopy groups of spheres are given at the end of the article.

  7. 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.

  8. Hopf invariant - Wikipedia

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    Theorem: The map : is a homomorphism. If is odd, is trivial (since () is torsion). If is even, the image of contains .Moreover, the image of the Whitehead product of identity maps equals 2, i. e. ([,]) =, where : is the identity map and [,] is the Whitehead product.

  9. Borel–Moore homology - Wikipedia

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    In topology, Borel−Moore homology or homology with closed support is a homology theory for locally compact spaces, introduced by Armand Borel and John Moore in 1960. [1] For reasonable compact spaces, Borel−Moore homology coincides with the usual singular homology. For non-compact spaces, each theory has its own advantages.