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Simplicial Structures in Topology

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xvi Contents<br />

III.6 Homology of the Product of Two Polyhedra ....................140<br />

III.6.1 Acyclic Models Theorem .............................140<br />

III.6.2 Homology of the Product of Two Polyhedra ..............147<br />

IV Cohomology ...................................................151<br />

IV.1 Cohomology with Coefficients <strong>in</strong> G ...........................151<br />

IV.1.1 Cohomology of Polyhedra .............................158<br />

IV.2 The Cohomology R<strong>in</strong>g ......................................160<br />

IV.3 The Cap Product ...........................................166<br />

V Triangulable Manifolds .........................................171<br />

V.1 Topological Manifolds ......................................171<br />

V.1.1 Triangulable Manifolds ...............................173<br />

V.2 Closed Surfaces ............................................176<br />

V.3 Po<strong>in</strong>caré Duality ...........................................189<br />

VI Homotopy Groups .............................................195<br />

VI.1 Fundamental Group.........................................195<br />

VI.1.1 Fundamental Groups of Polyhedra ......................199<br />

VI.1.2 Polyhedra with a Given Fundamental Group ..............207<br />

VI.2 Fundamental Group and Homology ...........................210<br />

VI.3 Homotopy Groups ..........................................213<br />

VI.3.1 Action of the Fundamental Group on the Higher<br />

Homotopy Groups . ..................................221<br />

VI.3.2 On the Homotopy Groups of Spheres ...................225<br />

VI.3.3 Another Approach to Homotopy Groups .................227<br />

VI.4 Obstruction Theory .........................................232<br />

References .........................................................239<br />

Index .............................................................241

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