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Algebraic topology : an introduction /



xv, 369 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm. Content notes : 1. Preliminaries of topology --
2. Simplicial complexes --
3. Extending the definition of a simplicial complex --
4. Notions of homological algebra --
5. Simplicial homology --
6. Pseudomanifolds and n-polyhedra --
7. Duality in manifolds --
8. Singular bordism --
9. Pseudobordism and simplicial homology --
10. Singular (Co)homology --
11. The fixed-point theorems of Brouwer and Lefschetz-Hopf --
12. The Jordan-Brouwer separation therorem --
13. A glimpse at the theory of degree --
14. Homology and homotopy: the Hurewicz homomorphism --
15. The homology classification of lens spaces--

Appendices A-K--
Bibliography--
Index. Quintero, Antonio.

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