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Corollary 2.4.5. Let \( H \) be a subgroup of a free group \( G \) . Then \( H \) is a free group.
Proof. Consider a rose \( R \) whose edges are in 1-1 correspondence with the generators of \( G \) . By Theorem 2.2.19, there is a cover \( \widetilde{R} \) with \( {\pi }_{1}\left( {\widetilde{R},\widetilde{v}}\right) = H \) . But it is easy to see that, since a covering projection \( p : \widetilde{R} \rightarrow R ...
Yes
Corollary 2.4.6. Let \( G \) be a free group on \( k \) elements and let \( H \) be a subgroup of \( G \) of index \( n \) . Then \( H \) is a free group on \( \left( {k - 1}\right) n + 1 \) elements.
Proof. We may consider \( G \) to be the fundamental group \( {\pi }_{1}\left( {R, v}\right) \), where \( R \) is a \( k \) - leafed rose. Then \( H \) is the fundamental group of an \( n \) -fold cover \( {\pi }_{1}\left( {\widetilde{R},\widetilde{v}}\right) \) . Now \( R \) has 1 vertex and \( k \) edges, so \( \wide...
Yes
Theorem 2.5.1. Let \( X \) be a path connected space. Then there is a 1-1 correspondence between conjugacy classes of elements of \( {\pi }_{1}\left( {X,{x}_{0}}\right) \) and \( \pi \left( X\right) = \) \( \left\{ \right. \) homotopy classes of maps \( \left. {{S}^{1} \rightarrow X}\right\} \) .
Proof. Let \( \Phi : {\pi }_{1}\left( {X,{x}_{0}}\right) \rightarrow \pi \left( X\right) \) be the map given by \
No
Let \( X \) be the subspace of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \) consisting of the closed line segments joining the points \( \left( {1/n,0}\right) \) to \( \left( {0,1}\right) \) for each positive integer \( n \), and also the closed line segment joining \( \left( {0,0}\right) \) to \( \left( {0,1}\right) \) . Give \( X \) the t...
Let \( A \) be the subspace of \( X \) consisting of the closed line segment joining \( \left( {0,0}\right) \) to \( \left( {0,1}\right) \) . Then \( X \) and \( A \) are both contractible to the point \( \left( {0,1}\right) \) by a homotopy leaving that point fixed. It then follows that \( A \) is a deformation retrac...
No
Theorem 3.2.2. Let \( f : \\left( {X, A}\\right) \\rightarrow \\left( {Y, B}\\right) \) be a map of pairs and suppose that both \( f \) : \( X \\rightarrow Y \) and \( f \\mid A : A \\rightarrow B \) are homotopy equivalences. Then \( {f}_{i} : {H}_{i}\\left( {X, A}\\right) \\rightarrow {H}_{i}\\left( {Y, B}\\right) \)...
Proof. We have the commutative diagram of exact sequences:\n\n![6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_37_0.jpg](images/6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_37_0.jpg)\n\nThe first, second, fourth, and fifth vertical arrows are isomorphisms. Hence, by Lemma A.1.8, so is the third.
Yes
Theorem 3.2.4. Let \( X \) be a nonempty space and let \( {x}_{0} \) be an arbitrary point of \( X \) . Then for each \( i \) ,\n\n(i) \( {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( X\right) \cong {H}_{i}\left( {X,{x}_{0}}\right) \) ,\n\n(ii) \( {H}_{i}\left( X\right) \cong {H}_{i}\left( {x}_{0}\right) \oplus {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( X...
Proof. As \( {x}_{0} \) is a retract of \( X \), this is a special case of Lemma 3.2.1.
No
Lemma 3.2.5. Let \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) be a map. Then \( f \) induces well-defined maps \( {\widetilde{f}}_{i} \) : \( {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( Y\right) \) for every \( i \), where \( {\widetilde{f}}_{i} = {f}_{i} \mid {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( X\right) \) .
Proof. This follows immediately from the commutativity of the diagram\n\n![6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_37_1.jpg](images/6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_37_1.jpg)
No
Theorem 3.2.7. (1) Let \( A \) be a nonempty closed subset of \( X \). Suppose that \( \partial A \) has an open neighborhood \( C \) in \( A \) such that the inclusions \( \left( {X - A}\right) \cup C \rightarrow X - \operatorname{int}\left( A\right) \) and \( \partial A \rightarrow C \) are both homotopy equivalences...
Proof. (1) Let \( V = A - C \). Then \( V \) is a closed set in the interior of \( A \), so \( (X - V, A - V) \rightarrow \left( {X, A}\right) \) is excisive. But \( X - V = \left( {X - A}\right) \cup C \) and \( A - V = C \). By hypothesis the first of these is homotopy equivalent to \( X - \operatorname{int}\left( A\...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.9. (1) Let \( A \) be a nonempty subset of \( X \) . Then for each \( i,{H}_{i}\left( {X, A}\right) \) is isomorphic to the reduced homology group \( {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( {X \cup {cA}}\right) \) .
Proof. (1) We follow the idea of the proof of Theorem 3.2.7. Let \( V = \{ \left( {a, s}\right) \mid s \geq \) \( \left. \frac{1}{2}\right\} \) so that \( V \) is a closed subset of \( X{ \cup }_{A}{cA} \) which is contained in the interior of \( \overline{cA} \) . Then the inclusion \( \left( {\left( {X{ \cup }_{A}{cA...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.10 (Mayer-Vietoris). Let \( X = {X}_{1} \cup {X}_{2}, A = {X}_{1} \cap {X}_{2} \), and suppose that the inclusion \( \left( {{X}_{1}, A}\right) \rightarrow \left( {X,{X}_{2}}\right) \) is excisive. Then there is a long exact sequence in homology\n\n\[ \cdots \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( A\right) \overset{\alph...
Proof. We have the long exact homology sequences\n\n![6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_40_0.jpg](images/6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_40_0.jpg)\n\nwhere by assumption \( \varepsilon : {H}_{i}\left( {{X}_{1}, A}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {X,{X}_{2}}\right) \) is an isomorphism. Then the theorem follows...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.11. Let \( \left( {X, A, B}\right) \) be a triad and suppose that the inclusion \( (A, A \cap B) \rightarrow \left( {A \cup B, B}\right) \) is excisive. Then there is an exact homology sequence\n\n\[ \cdots \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {X, A \cap B}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {X, A}\right) \oplus {H}_{i}...
Proof. Exactly the same as the proof of Theorem 3.2.10.
No
Theorem 3.2.13. (1) For any space \( X \) there is an isomorphism, for any \( i \) ,\n\n\[ \sum : {\widetilde{H}}_{i + 1}\left( {\sum X}\right) \rightarrow {\widetilde{H}}_{i}\left( X\right) \]
Proof. We prove (1). We have the exact homology sequence of the pair \( \left( {{c}_{ + }X, X}\right) \) :\n\n\[ \cdots \rightarrow {H}_{i + 1}\left( {{c}_{ + }X, X}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {{c}_{ + }X}\right) \rightarrow \cdots \]\n\nNow \( {c}_{ + }X \) is contractible to t...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.14. Let \( A \) and \( B \) be subspaces of \( X \) with \( B \subseteq A \) . Then there is an exact homology sequence\n\n\[ \n\cdots \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {A, B}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {X, B}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {X, A}\right) \overset{\partial }{ \rightarrow }{H}_{i - 1}\left( {...
Proof. We merely remark here that the boundary map in the sequence is the composition\n\n\[ \n{H}_{i}\left( {X, A}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i - 1}\left( A\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i - 1}\left( {A, B}\right)\n\]\n\nOtherwise, the result follows directly from Theorem A.2.12.
No
Theorem 3.2.15. Let \( X = {X}_{1} \cup {X}_{2}, A = {X}_{1} \cap {X}_{2} \), and suppose that the inclusion \( \left( {{X}_{1}, A}\right) \rightarrow \left( {X,{X}_{2}}\right) \) is excisive. Let \( B \) be an arbitrary subspace of \( A \) . Then there is a long exact sequence in homology
\[ \cdots \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {A, B}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {{X}_{1}, B}\right) \oplus {H}_{i}\left( {{X}_{2}, B}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {X, B}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i - 1}\left( {A, B}\right) \rightarrow \cdots . \]
Yes
Theorem 3.3.4. Let \( X = {X}_{1} \cup {X}_{2}, A = {X}_{1} \cap {X}_{2} \), and suppose that the inclusion \( \left( {{X}_{1}, A}\right) \rightarrow \left( {X,{X}_{2}}\right) \) is excisive. Then there is a long exact sequence in cohomology
\[ \cdots \leftarrow {H}^{i}\left( A\right) \leftarrow {H}^{i}\left( {X}_{1}\right) \oplus {H}^{i}\left( {X}_{2}\right) \leftarrow {H}^{i}\left( X\right) \leftarrow {H}^{i - 1}\left( A\right) \leftarrow \cdots . \]
Yes
Lemma 4.1.1. 1. \( {H}_{0}\left( {S}^{0}\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \oplus \mathbb{Z} \) . More precisely, \( {H}_{0}\left( {S}^{0}\right) = \{ {mp} + {nq} \mid m, n \in \mathbb{Z}\} \) .
Proof. (1) Since \( \{ - 1\} \) and \( \{ 1\} \) are distinct components of \( {S}^{0} \), we have by Lemma 3.2.1 that \( {H}_{i}\left( {S}^{0}\right) \cong {H}_{i}\left( {\{ - 1\} }\right) \oplus {H}_{i}\left( {\{ 1\} }\right) \) . Since \( \{ - 1\} \) and \( \{ 1\} \) are both spaces consisting of a single point, the...
Yes
Lemma 4.1.3. Fix a positive integer \( n \) .\n\n1. \( {H}_{n}\left( {S}^{n}\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \) and \( {H}_{0}\left( {S}^{n}\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \) .\n\n2. \( {\widetilde{H}}_{n}\left( {S}^{n}\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \) .\n\n3. \( {H}_{i}\left( {S}^{n}\right) = 0 \) for \( i \neq 0, n \) and \( {\widetilde{...
Proof. Observe that for any \( k,\sum {S}^{k} \) is homeomorphic to \( {S}^{k + 1} \) . Then, if \( {\sum }^{i} \) denotes \( \sum \) applied \( i \) times, \( {\sum }^{i}{S}^{k} \) is homeomorphic to \( {S}^{k + i} \) . In particular \( {\sum }^{n}{S}^{0} \) is homeomorphic to \( {S}^{n} \) . Then, by repeated applica...
Yes
Lemma 4.1.5. For any \( n \geq 1 \), there does not exist a retraction from \( {D}^{n} \) onto \( {S}^{n - 1} \) .
Proof. If there were such a retraction \( r : {D}^{n} \rightarrow {S}^{n - 1} \), then \( r \) would induce a surjection \( {r}_{i} : {H}_{i}\left( {D}^{n}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {S}^{n - 1}\right) \) for each \( i \), by Lemma 3.2.1(iii). But for \( i = n - 1,{H}_{n - 1}\left( {D}^{n}\right) = 0 \) and \( {H...
Yes
Theorem 4.1.6 (Brouwer fixed-point theorem). Let \( f : {D}^{n} \rightarrow {D}^{n} \) be an arbitrary map. Then \( f \) has a fixed point, i.e. there is an \( {x}_{0} \in D \) with \( f\left( {x}_{0}\right) = {x}_{0} \) .
Proof. Suppose that \( f \) does not have a fixed point. Let \( r : {D}^{n} \rightarrow {S}^{n - 1} \) be the map defined as follows:\n\nFor \( x \in {D}^{n} \), take the line segment from \( f\left( x\right) \) to \( x \) and prolong it until it intersects \( {S}^{n - 1} \) at some point \( {x}^{\prime } \) . Then set...
Yes
Theorem 4.1.7 (Invariance of domain). Let \( U \) be a nonempty open set in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and \( V \) be a nonempty open set in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{m} \) and suppose there is a homeomorphism \( f : U \rightarrow V \) . Then \( m = n \) .
Proof. This is trivially true if \( m = 0 \) or \( n = 0 \), so we assume \( m \geq 1 \) and \( n \geq 1 \) . Although from a logical standpoint it is not necessary to begin with this special case, the basic idea of the proof comes through most clearly if we first consider the case \( U = {\mathbb{R}}^{m}, V = {\mathbb...
Yes
Lemma 4.1.9. Let \( a : {S}^{n} \rightarrow {S}^{n} \) be the antipodal map, i.e., \( a\left( {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n + 1}}\right) = \) \( \left( {-{x}_{1},\ldots , - {x}_{n + 1}}\right) \) . Then the degree of a is \( {\left( -1\right) }^{n + 1} \) .
Proof. We divide the proof into two cases.\n\nCase \( 1 \) ( \( n \) is odd, \( n = {2m} - 1 \) ). Then we may regard \( {S}^{n} \) as the unit sphere in \( {\mathbb{C}}^{m} \) , and \( a : {S}^{n} \rightarrow {S}^{n} \) is \( a\left( {{z}_{1},\ldots ,{z}_{m}}\right) = \left( {-{z}_{1},\ldots , - {z}_{m}}\right) \) . B...
Yes
Lemma 4.2.7. A CW-complex \( X \) has the following properties:\n\n1. (Closure-finiteness) The closure of each cell in \( X \) intersects only finitely many other cells in \( X \) .\n\n2. (Weak topology) A subset A of \( X \) is closed if and only if the intersection of \( A \) with the closure of every cell in \( X \)...
Proof. (1) The closure of each cell is \( f\left( {D}_{\lambda }^{n}\right) \), the image of a compact set, and hence compact, and if (1) were false this set would have an infinite subset (one point from each other cell) without an accumulation point, which is impossible.
No
Lemma 4.2.10. Let \( X \) be obtained from \( A \) by adjoining an \( n \) -cell. Then\n\n\[ \n{H}_{i}\left( {X, A}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \mathbb{Z} & i = n \\ 0 & i \neq n \end{array}\right.\n\]
Proof. Let \( C = \left\{ {x \in {D}^{n}\left| \right| x \mid \geq 1/2}\right\} \) . Then \( C \) is a \
No
Lemma 4.2.11. 1. \( {H}_{i}\left( {{X}^{n},{X}^{n - 1}}\right) = 0 \) for \( i \neq n \) .
Proof. This is just an elaboration of Lemma 4.2.10.\n\nLet \( \left( {{D}^{n}\left( \frac{1}{2}\right) ,{S}^{n - 1}\left( \frac{1}{2}\right) }\right) \) be the pair consisting of the disk of radius \( \frac{1}{2} \) and its boundary. Then the inclusions induce isomorphisms on homology\n\n\[ {H}_{ * }\left( {{D}^{n}\lef...
Yes
Lemma 4.2.14. \( {C}_{ * }^{\text{cell }}\left( X\right) \) is a chain complex.
Proof. We need only check that \( {\partial }_{n - 1}{\partial }_{n} = 0 \) . But this is the composition\n\n\[ \n{H}_{n}\left( {{X}^{n},{X}^{n - 1}}\right) \overset{\partial }{ \rightarrow }{H}_{n - 1}\left( {X}^{n - 1}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{n - 1}\left( {{X}^{n - 1},{X}^{n - 2}}\right) \]\n\n\[ \n\overset{\partial ...
Yes
Lemma 4.2.16. The group \( {C}_{n}^{\text{cell }}\left( X\right) \) is the free abelian group on the n-cells of \( X \) . If \( {\alpha }_{\lambda }^{n} \) is the generator corresponding to the n-cell \( {D}_{\lambda }^{n},\lambda \in {\Lambda }_{n} \), then \( \partial \left( {\alpha }_{\lambda }^{n}\right) \) is give...
Proof. This follows directly from Lemma 4.2.11 and its proof.
No
Theorem 4.2.20. Let \( X \) be a finite CW-complex. Then\n\n\[ \chi \left( X\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{i}{\left( -1\right) }^{i} \cdot \text{ number of }i\text{-cells of }X. \]
Proof. Let \( X \) have \( {d}_{i}i \) -cells and suppose \( {d}_{i} = 0 \) for \( i > n \) . We have the cellular chain complex of \( X \)\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {C}_{n}^{\mathrm{{cell}}}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n - 1}^{\mathrm{{cell}}}\left( X\right) \rightarrow \cdots \rightarrow {C}_{1}^{\mathrm{{cell}}}\left(...
Yes
Theorem 4.2.23. Let \( X \) be a finite \( {CW} \) -complex. Let \( \widetilde{X} \) be an \( n \) -fold cover of \( X \) . Then \( \chi \left( \widetilde{X}\right) = {n\chi }\left( X\right) \) .
Proof. Given any cell decomposition of \( X \), we may refine it to obtain a cell decomposition so that every cell is evenly covered by the covering projection. Then the inverse image of every cell is \( n \) cells, so the theorem immediately follows from Theorem 4.2.20.
Yes
Let \( R \) be a \( k \) -leafed rose, and let \( \widetilde{R} \) be any \( n \) -fold cover of \( R \) . Then \( R \) has one 0 -cell and \( {k1} \) -cells, so \( \chi \left( R\right) = 1 - k \) (which of course agrees with \( {H}_{0}\left( R\right) = \mathbb{Z} \) and \( {H}_{1}\left( \mathbb{R}\right) = {\mathbb{Z}...
Now \( {H}_{0}\left( \widetilde{R}\right) = \mathbb{Z} \) (as by definition, a cover is connected), so we must have\n\n\[ 1 - \operatorname{rank}{H}_{1}\left( \widetilde{R}\right) = n\left( {1 - k}\right) \]\n\nand hence \( {H}_{1}\left( \widetilde{R}\right) = {\mathbb{Z}}^{n\left( {k - 1}\right) + 1} \) . (Compare Cor...
Yes
Lemma 4.2.26. Let \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) be a cellular map. Then for each \( i, f \) induces a map \( {f}_{i}^{\text{cell }} : {H}_{i}^{\text{cell }}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}^{\text{cell }}\left( Y\right) .
Proof. By hypothesis, \( f \) induces a map \( {H}_{i}\left( {{X}^{n},{X}^{n - 1}}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{i}\left( {{Y}^{n},{Y}^{n - 1}}\right) \) for each \( i \) and \( n \), and then it is easy to check this induces a map on cellular homology.
No
Theorem 4.2.27. Let \( X \) and \( Y \) be \( {CW} \) -complexes and let \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) be a cellular map. Then the following diagram commutes:
Proof. This follows easily from the commutativity of the diagram where the vertical maps are all induced by \( f \) .
No
Theorem 4.2.30. Let \( \\left( {X, A}\\right) \) be a CW-pair and let \( U \\subseteq A \) be such that \( \\left( {Y, B}\\right) = \) \( \\left( {X - U, A - U}\\right) \) is a CW-pair. Then the inclusion \( \\left( {Y, B}\\right) \\rightarrow \\left( {X, A}\\right) \) is excisive for cellular homology.
Proof. First observe that the hypothesis on \( U \) implies that \( U \) is a union of open cells of \( A \) . Let \( {F}_{n} \) be the free abelian group on the \( n \) -cells of \( X \) that are not contained in \( A \), which are exactly the \( n \) -cells of \( Y \) that are not contained in \( B \) . Then we have ...
Yes
Theorem 4.2.33. Let \( X \) be a CW-complex with only finitely many cells in each dimension. Then for each \( n,{H}_{n}^{\text{cell }}\left( X\right) \) and \( {H}_{\text{cell }}^{n}\left( X\right) \) are finitely generated abelian groups.
Proof. \( {H}_{n}^{\text{cell }}\left( X\right) \) is a quotient of \( {Z}_{n}^{\text{cell }}\left( X\right) \), which is a subgroup of a finitely generated free abelian group, and hence itself is a finitely generated free abelian group, and similarly for \( {H}_{\text{cell }}^{n}\left( X\right) \) .
Yes
Theorem 4.3.2. Let \( d = {\dim }_{\mathbb{R}}\mathbb{F} \) (so that \( d = 1 \) if \( \mathbb{F} = \mathbb{R} \) and \( d = 2 \) if \( \mathbb{F} = \mathbb{C} \) ). Then \( \mathbb{F}{P}^{n} \) has a CW-structure with one cell in dimension di for each \( i = 0,\ldots, n \) .
Proof. By induction on \( n \) .\n\nFor \( n = 0,\mathbb{F}{P}^{0} \) is just a point.\n\nAssume now the theorem is true for \( n - 1 \) . We shall show that \( \mathbb{F}{P}^{n} - \mathbb{F}{P}^{n - 1} \) is a single cell of dimension \( {dn} \), which, by induction, completes the proof.\n\nNow \( \mathbb{F}{P}^{n} - ...
Yes
Theorem 4.3.3. The homology of \( \mathbb{C}{P}^{n} \) is as follows:\n\n\[ {H}_{i}\left( {\mathbb{C}{P}^{n}}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 0 & i > {2n} \\ \mathbb{Z} & 0 \leq i \leq {2n}\text{ even } \\ 0 & 0 < i < {2n}\text{ odd. } \end{array}\right. \]
Proof. The cellular chain complex of \( \mathbb{C}{P}^{n} \) is\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \cdots \rightarrow \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nwith \( \mathbb{Z} \) in every even dimension between 0 and \( {2n} \), and 0 otherwise.
Yes
Lemma 5.1.3. For any \( n,\partial \left( {\partial {I}^{n}}\right) = 0 \) .
Proof. For \( n \leq 1 \) this is clear.\n\nFor \( n \geq 2,\partial \left( {\partial {I}^{n}}\right) \) is an element in the free abelian group generated by the \( \left( {n - 2}\right) \) - faces of \( {I}^{n} \), i.e., by the subsets, for each \( i \neq j \) and each \( {\varepsilon }_{i} = 0 \) or \( 1,{\varepsilon...
No
Lemma 5.1.12. Let \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) be a map. Then finduces a chain map \( \left\{ {{f}_{n} : {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow }\right. \) \( \left. {{C}_{n}\left( Y\right) }\right\} \) where \( {f}_{n} : {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( Y\right) \) as follows. Let \( \Phi : {I}^{n} \rightarro...
Proof. This would be immediate if we were dealing with \( {Q}_{n}\left( X\right) \) and \( {Q}_{n}\left( Y\right) \) . But since \( {f\Phi } \) is degenerate wherever \( \Phi \) is, it is just about immediate for \( {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \) and \( {C}_{n}\left( Y\right) \) . Then the fact that we have maps on homology...
No
Theorem 5.1.14. Singular homology satisfies Axioms 1 and 2.
Proof. Immediate from the definition of the induced map on singular cubes as composition.
No
Theorem 5.1.15. Singular homology satisfies Axiom 3.
Proof. Immediate from the definition of the boundary map on singular cubes and from the definition of the induced map on singular cubes as composition.
No
Theorem 5.1.16. Singular homology satisfies Axiom 4.
Proof. We have defined \( {C}_{n}\left( {X, A}\right) = {C}_{n}\left( X\right) /{C}_{n}\left( A\right) \) . Thus for every \( n \), we have a short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( A\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( {X, A}\right) \rightarrow 0.\]\n\nIn other words, we ...
Yes
Theorem 5.1.17. Singular homology satisfies Axiom 5.
Proof. For simplicity we consider the case of homotopic maps of spaces \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) and \( g : X \rightarrow Y \) (rather than maps of pairs). Then by definition, setting \( {f}_{0} = f \) and \( {f}_{1} = g \), there is a map \( F : X \times I \rightarrow Y \) with \( F\left( {x,0}\right) = {f}_{0}\left( ...
Yes
Theorem 5.1.19. Let \( X \) be the space consisting of a single point. Then \( {H}_{0}\left( X\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \) and \( {H}_{i}\left( X\right) = 0 \) for \( i \neq 0 \) . Thus singular homology satisfies the dimension axiom, Axiom 7, and has coefficient group \( \mathbb{Z} \) .
Proof. Let \( \Phi : {I}^{0} \rightarrow X \) be the unique map. Then \( {C}_{0}\left( X\right) \) is the free abelian group generated by \( \Phi \) . On the other hand, for any \( i > 0,\Phi : {I}^{i} \rightarrow X \) is a degenerate \( i \) -cube. Hence \( {C}_{i}\left( X\right) = \{ 0\} \) for \( i > 0 \) . Thus \( ...
Yes
Theorem 5.1.24. For any singular chain \( c \) , \( \operatorname{supp}\left( c\right) \) is a compact subset of \( X \) .
Proof. For any \( \Phi : {I}^{n} \rightarrow X,\Phi \left( {I}^{n}\right) \) is a compact subset of \( X \) as it is the continuous image of a compact set. Then for any singular chain \( c \), supp \( \left( c\right) \) is a finite union of compact sets and hence is compact.
Yes
Corollary 5.1.25. Let \( X \) be a union of components, \( X = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{i \in I}}{X}_{i} \) . Then for any \( n \) , \( {H}_{n}\left( X\right) = {\bigoplus }_{i \in I}{H}_{n}\left( {X}_{i}\right) \)
Proof. This follows for any generalized homology theory from Lemma 3.2.1 if there are only finitely many components. But for singular homology theory, if \( c \in {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \) is any chain, then \( \operatorname{supp}\left( c\right) \) is compact, by Theorem 5.1.24, so is contained in \( \mathop{\bigcup }\...
Yes
Lemma 5.1.26. (1) For any space \( X \), the group of singular \( n \) -chains \( {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \) is isomorphic to the free abelian group with basis the non-degenerate n-cubes.
Proof. This follows easily once we recall that \( {C}_{n}\left( X\right) = {Q}_{n}\left( X\right) /{D}_{n}\left( X\right) \) where \( {Q}_{n}\left( X\right) \) is the free abelian group on all \( n \) -cubes and \( {D}_{n}\left( X\right) \) is the free abelian group on the degenerate \( n \) -cubes
Yes
Theorem 5.2.1. Let \( X \) be a space. Then \( {H}_{0}\left( X\right) \) is isomorphic to the free abelian group on the path components of \( X \) .
Proof. We assume \( X \) nonempty. We have already seen in Corollary 5.1.25 that if \( X = {X}_{1} \cup {X}_{2} \cup \cdots \) is a union of path components, then \( {H}_{i}\left( X\right) = {\bigoplus }_{k}{H}_{i}\left( {X}_{k}\right) \) . Thus it satisfies to prove the theorem in case \( X \) is path connected, so we...
Yes
Lemma 5.2.2. Let \( f : I \rightarrow X \) and \( g : I \rightarrow X \) with \( f\left( 1\right) = g\left( 0\right) \) . Define \( h : I \rightarrow X \) by \( h\left( t\right) = f\left( {2t}\right) \) for \( 0 \leq t \leq \frac{1}{2} \), and \( h\left( t\right) = g\left( {{2t} - 1}\right) \) for \( \frac{1}{2} \leq t...
Proof. We exhibit a 2-cell \( C \) with \( \partial C = f + g - h.C : I \rightarrow I \rightarrow X \) is given by following \( f \) and then \( g \) along each of the heavy solid lines as indicated:\n\n![6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_72_0.jpg](images/6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_72_0.jpg)\n\nThen \( \pa...
Yes
Corollary 5.2.5. Let \( X \) be a path-connected space. The map \( \theta \) induces a bijection (of sets)\n\n\[ \left\{ \right. \text{free homotopy classes of maps:}\left. {{S}^{1} \rightarrow X}\right\} \rightarrow {H}_{1}\left( X\right) \text{.} \]
Proof. Immediate from Theorems 5.2.4 and 2.5.1.
No
Lemma 5.2.6. Let \( f : \left( {X,{x}_{0}}\right) \rightarrow \left( {Y,{y}_{0}}\right) \) . Then the following diagram commutes:
![6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_74_0.jpg](images/6f7c90cd-729a-4010-afb7-714f2c77cc6f_74_0.jpg)
No
Theorem 5.2.7. Let \( d \) be any integer. Then for any integer \( n \geq 1 \), there exists a map \( f : {S}^{n} \rightarrow {S}^{n} \) of degree \( d \) .
Proof. Again the key step is the \( n = 1 \) case, and we provide an alternate proof of that (with the remainder of the proof being the same as in the previous proof).\n\nAgain we claim that \( f : {S}^{1} \rightarrow {S}^{1} \) by \( f\left( z\right) = {z}^{d} \) has degree \( d \) .\n\nTo prove that, we consider the ...
Yes
Here is a pair of examples to show that the condition closure \( \left( U\right) \subseteq \) interior \( \left( A\right) \) cannot in general be relaxed to \( U \subseteq \operatorname{interior}\left( A\right) \) for the inclusion \( \left( {X - U, A - U}\right) \rightarrow \left( {X, A}\right) \) to be excisive.
(a) Let \( X = {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \) and let \( A \) be the subset of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \) that is on or below the graph of the function\n\n\[ f\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \sin \left( \frac{1}{x}\right) & x > 0 \\ 1 & x \leq 0. \end{array}\right. \]\n\nNote that \( \partial A \) consists of the union of...
Yes
Lemma 5.3.2. \( {C}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \) is isomorphic to \( {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \otimes G \) (and similarly for \( A \) ). Also, \( {C}_{n}\left( {X, A;G}\right) \) is isomorphic to \( {C}_{n}\left( {X, A}\right) \otimes G \) .
Proof. Clear from Definition 5.3.1 and the fact that for any two abelian groups \( A \) and \( B,\left( {A \oplus B}\right) \otimes G \approx \left( {A \otimes G}\right) \oplus \left( {B \otimes G}\right) \), and hence, in this situation, \( \left( {A \otimes G}\right) \approx \) \( \left( {\left( {A \oplus B}\right) \...
No
Lemma 5.3.3. With the above identifications, \( {C}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \) is a chain complex with boundary map \( \partial \otimes 1 : {C}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n - 1}\left( {X;G}\right) \), and similarly for \( {C}_{n}\left( {A;G}\right) \) and \( {C}_{n}\left( {X, A;G}\right) \) .
Proof. The only thing to check is that \( {\left( \partial \otimes 1\right) }^{2} = 0 \) . But \( {\left( \partial \otimes 1\right) }^{2} = {\partial }^{2} \otimes 1 = 0 \) .
Yes
Lemma 5.3.4. There is a split short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( {A;G}\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( {X, A;G}\right) \rightarrow 0, \]\n\nand hence \( {C}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \) is isomorphic to \( {C}_{n}\left( {A;G}\right) \oplus {C}_{n}\left( {X, A;G}\...
Proof. We have the short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( A\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( {X, A}\right) \rightarrow 0. \]\n\nTensoring such a sequence with \( G \) does not in general produce an exact sequence. But if this sequence is split short exact, tensoring wi...
Yes
Lemma 5.3.5. With the identification in Lemma 5.3.2, \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) induces \( {f}_{ * } \otimes 1 \) : \( {C}_{ * }\left( {X;G}\right) \rightarrow {C}_{ * }\left( {Y;G}\right) \), and similarly for \( f : \left( {X, A}\right) \rightarrow \left( {Y, B}\right) \) .
In concrete terms, if \( \left\{ {{\Phi }_{i} : {I}^{n} \rightarrow X}\right\} \) are singular \( n \) -cubes, \( \left( {{f}_{ * } \otimes 1}\right) \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{i}{g}_{i}{\Phi }_{i}}\right) = \) \( \sum {g}_{i}\left( {f{\Phi }_{i}}\right) \)
Yes
Theorem 5.3.7. Singular homology with coefficients in \( G \) is an ordinary homology theory with coefficient group \( G \) .
Proof. First we check Axiom 7, the dimension axiom. If \( X \) consists of a single point, then \( {C}_{ * }\left( {X;G}\right) \) is isomorphic to\n\n\[ \cdots \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow G \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow 0 \rightarrow \cdots \]\n\nwith homology as claimed.\n\nThe proof that this theory satisfie...
No
Lemma 5.3.8. The map \( \tau : {C}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {C}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \) given by \( \tau \left( \Phi \right) = \Phi \otimes 1 \) where \( \Phi \) is a singular \( n \) -cube induces a map\n\n\[ \tau : {H}_{n}\left( X\right) \otimes G \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \]
Proof. Lemma 5.3.3 implies that \( \tau : {Z}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {Z}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \) and \( \tau : {B}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {B}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \) , where, as usual, \( {Z}_{n}\left( X\right) = \operatorname{Ker}\left( {\partial }_{n}\right) \) and \( {B}_{n}\left( X\right) = \ope...
Yes
Theorem 5.3.9 (Universal coefficient theorem). (1) For any space \( X \) and abelian group \( G \), there is a split short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( X\right) \otimes G\overset{\tau }{ \rightarrow }{H}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \rightarrow \operatorname{Tor}\left( {{H}_{n - 1}\left( X\right), G}\righ...
Proof. This is a purely algebraic fact about the homology of chain complexes, and we omit the proof.
No
Example 5.3.12. By Lemma A.3.8, \( \operatorname{Tor}\left( {{\mathbb{Z}}_{2},{\mathbb{Z}}_{m}}\right) \approx {Z}_{2} \) for \( m \) even. Thus, from Theorem 4.3.4, for real projective spaces we have, for \( m \) even,
\[ {H}_{i}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{n};{\mathbb{Z}}_{m}}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 0 & i > n \\ {\mathbb{Z}}_{m} & i = n\text{ odd } \\ {\mathbb{Z}}_{2} & i = n\text{ even } \\ {\mathbb{Z}}_{2} & 1 \leq i \leq n - 1 \\ {\mathbb{Z}}_{m} & i = 0. \end{array}\right. \]
Yes
Corollary 5.3.13. Let \( f : X \rightarrow Y \) and suppose that \( {f}_{ * } : {H}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( Y\right) \) is an isomorphism for all \( n \) . Then \( {f}_{ * } : {H}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( {Y;G}\right) \) is an isomorphism for all \( n \) .
Proof. This follows directly from the universal coefficient theorem and the short five lemma.
Yes
Lemma 5.4.2. The cross product induces a map\n\n\[ \n{C}_{j}\left( X\right) \otimes {C}_{k}\left( Y\right) \rightarrow {C}_{j + k}\left( {X \times Y}\right) \n\]
Proof. If either \( \Phi \) or \( \Psi \) is degenerate, so is \( \Phi \times \Psi \) .
No
Lemma 5.4.3. In this situation, \n\n\[ \n\\partial \\left( {\\Phi \\times \\Psi }\\right) = \\left( {\\partial \\Phi }\\right) \\times \\Psi + {\\left( -1\\right) }^{j}\\Phi \\times \\left( {\\partial \\Psi }\\right) .\n\]
Proof. Direct calculation, with careful attention to signs.
No
Lemma 5.4.5. The cross product induces a map\n\n\\[ \n{H}_{j}\\left( X\\right) \\otimes {H}_{k}\\left( Y\\right) \\rightarrow {H}_{j + k}\\left( {X \\times Y}\\right) \n\\]
Proof. First we show that we obtain a map\n\n\\[ \n{Z}_{j}\\left( X\\right) \\otimes {Z}_{k}\\left( Y\\right) \\rightarrow {Z}_{j + k}\\left( {X \\times Y}\\right) \n\\]\n\nLet \\( c \\in {Z}_{j}\\left( X\\right) \\) and \\( d \\in {Z}_{k}\\left( Y\\right) \\) be singular cycles, so that \\( \\partial c = 0 \\) and \\(...
Yes
Theorem 5.4.6 (Künneth formula). (1) For any spaces \( X \) and \( Y \), there is a split short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {\left( {H}_{ * }\left( X\right) \otimes {H}_{ * }\left( Y\right) \right) }_{n} \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( {X \times Y}\right) \rightarrow {\left( \mathrm{{Tor}}\left( {H}_{ * }\left( X\righ...
Proof. This is a purely algebraic result, whose proof we omit, but we again remark that it crucially uses the fact that \( {C}_{ * }\left( X\right) \) and \( {C}_{ * }\left( Y\right) \) are chain complexes of free abelian groups.
No
Lemma 5.4.8. Let \( Y \) be a path connected space and let \( \pi : X \times Y \rightarrow X \) be projection on the first factor. For any element \( \alpha \) of \( {H}_{n}\left( X\right) \) , \[ {\pi }_{ * }\left( {\alpha \otimes {1}_{Y}}\right) = \alpha \]
Proof. Clear from the construction in Lemma 5.4.5.
No
Lemma 5.5.3. The map \( {f}^{ * } : {C}^{ * }\left( Y\right) \rightarrow {C}^{ * }\left( X\right) \) induces a map \( {f}^{ * } : {H}^{ * }\left( Y\right) \rightarrow {H}^{ * }\left( X\right) \) .
Proof. It is routine to check that \( {f}^{ * }\left( {{Z}^{n}\left( Y\right) }\right) \subseteq {Z}^{n}\left( X\right) \) and \( {f}^{ * }\left( {{B}^{n}\left( Y\right) }\right) \subseteq {B}^{n}\left( X\right) \) .
No
Theorem 5.5.4. Singular cohomology is an ordinary cohomology theory with \( \mathbb{Z} \) coefficients.
Proof. This proof entirely mimics the proof that singular homology is an ordinary homology theory with \( \mathbb{Z} \) coefficients. There is just one subtlety, Axiom 4, the exactness axiom. Exactness for homology followed from the short exactness of the sequence of singular chain complexes \[ 0 \rightarrow {C}_{ * }\...
Yes
Theorem 5.5.7. Singular cohomology with coefficients in \( G \) is an ordinary cohomology theory with coefficient group \( G = {H}^{0}\left( {X;G}\right) \) .
Proof. Again this mirrors the proof for singular homology in Sect. 5.1. Again Axiom 4 uses the fact that, for every \( n \), the sequence \( 0 \rightarrow {C}^{n}\left( {X, A}\right) \rightarrow {C}^{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow \) \( {C}^{n}\left( A\right) \rightarrow 0 \) is split exact.
No
Theorem 5.5.8 (Universal coefficient theorem). (1) Let \( X \) be a space and let \( G \) be an abelian group. Suppose that \( X \) is of finite type or that \( G \) is of finitely generated. Then there is a split short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {H}^{n}\left( X\right) \otimes G \rightarrow {H}^{n}\left( {X;G}\...
Proof. Again we omit the purely algebraic argument, but we note that, while the cochain groups \( {C}^{ * }\left( X\right) \) are not in general free, they are torsion-free, and that fact, together with our additional hypotheses, suffices to be able to apply that argument.
No
Lemma 5.5.11. The evaluation map e induces a map\n\n\[ e : {H}^{n}\left( X\right) \otimes {H}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z} \]\n\nby \( e\left( {\left\lbrack \gamma \right\rbrack ,\left\lbrack c\right\rbrack }\right) = \gamma \left( c\right) \), where \( \gamma \) (resp. \( c \) ) is a representative of the...
Proof. We can restrict \( e \) to evaluate cocycles on cycles,\n\n\[ e : {Z}^{n}\left( X\right) \otimes {Z}_{n}\left( X\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z} \]\n\nby \( e\left( {\gamma, c}\right) = \gamma \left( c\right) \) . But then if \( c \) is a boundary, \( c = \partial d, e\left( {\gamma, c}\right) = e\left( {\gamma ,\...
Yes
Theorem 5.5.12 (Universal coefficient theorem). (1) For any space \( X \) and abelian group \( G \), there is a split short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow \operatorname{Ext}\left( {{H}_{n - 1}\left( X\right), G}\right) \rightarrow {H}^{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \overset{e}{ \rightarrow }\operatorname{Hom}\left( {{H}_{n...
Proof. Again this is a purely algebraic argument which we omit.
No
Corollary 5.5.15. Let \( X \) be a space of finite type and suppose that \( {H}_{n}\left( X\right) \approx {F}_{n} \oplus {T}_{n} \) , where \( {F}_{n} \) is a free abelian group and \( {T}_{n} \) is a torsion group, for each \( n \) . Then \[ {H}^{n}\left( X\right) \approx {F}_{n} \oplus {T}_{n - 1} \] for each \( n \...
Proof. This follows from the computation of Ext in Lemma A.3.12.
No
The integral singular cohomology of \( \mathbb{R}{P}^{n} \) is as follows:\n\n\[ \n{H}^{k}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{n}}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 0 & k > n \\ \mathbb{Z} & k = n\text{ odd } \\ 0 & k = n\text{ even } \\ {\mathbb{Z}}_{2} & 1 \leq k \leq n - 1\text{ even } \\ 0 & 1 \leq k \leq n - 1\text{ odd } \\ \...
as we see from Corollary 5.5.15 and Theorem 4.3.4.
No
Theorem 5.5.19 (Universal coefficient theorem). (1) Let \( X \) be a space of finite type. For any abelian group \( G \) there is a split short exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow \operatorname{Ext}\left( {{H}^{n + 1}\left( X\right), G}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( {X;G}\right) \overset{e}{ \rightarrow }\operatornam...
Proof. Again we omit this purely algebraic proof.
No
Theorem 5.5.20. Let \( X \) be a space with finitely generated homology. Let \( \mathbb{F} \) be an arbitrary field. Then \( \chi \left( X\right) \) is given by\n\n\[ \chi \left( X\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{l} \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }{\left( -1\right) }^{n}\operatorname{rank}{H}_{n}\left( {X;\math...
Proof. This follows directly from the universal coefficient theorems. (If \( \mathbb{F} \) is a field of characteristic zero, then all of these ranks are equal for every integer \( n \) . If \( \mathbb{F} \) does not have characteristic 0, that may not be the case, depending on the space \( X \), but nevertheless the a...
Yes
Lemma 5.5.23. Let \( \pi : X \times Y \rightarrow X \) be projection on the first factor. For any element \( \alpha \) of \( {H}^{n}\left( X\right) \) ,
\[ {\pi }^{ * }\left( \alpha \right) = \alpha \otimes {1}^{Y} \]
Yes
Theorem 5.6.1. There are natural maps of chain complexes\n\n\[ E : {C}_{ * }\left( X\right) \otimes {C}_{ * }\left( Y\right) \rightarrow {C}_{ * }\left( {X \times Y}\right) \]\n\nand\n\n\[ F : {C}_{ * }\left( {X \times Y}\right) \rightarrow {C}_{ * }\left( X\right) \otimes {C}_{ * }\left( Y\right) \]\n\nthat are invers...
Here \( E \) is the map of Lemma 5.4.2, and we do not define \( F \) .
No
Lemma 5.6.3. In this situation, \n\n\[ \n\delta \left( {f \times g}\right) = \left( {\delta f}\right) \times g + {\left( -1\right) }^{j}f \times \left( {\delta g}\right) . \n\]
Proof. Entirely analogous to the proof of Lemma 5.4.3.
No
Lemma 5.6.4. The cross product induces a map\n\n\[ \times : {H}^{j}\left( X\right) \otimes {H}^{k}\left( Y\right) \rightarrow {H}^{j + k}\left( {X \times Y}\right) . \]
Proof. Entirely analogous to the proof of Lemma 5.4.5.
No
Theorem 5.6.5. Let \( \alpha : {X}_{1} \rightarrow {X}_{2} \) and \( \beta : {Y}_{1} \rightarrow {Y}_{2} \) be maps. Then there are commutative diagrams\n\n\[ \n{H}_{j}\left( {X}_{1}\right) \otimes {H}_{k}\left( {Y}_{1}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{j + k}\left( {{X}_{1} \times {Y}_{1}}\right) \]\n\n\[ \n{\alpha }_{ * } \oti...
Proof. This follows directly from the covariance/contravariance of the maps on homology/cohomology and the naturality of the Eilenberg-Zilber maps.
Yes
Let \( \alpha \in {H}^{j}\left( X\right) \) and \( \beta \in {H}^{k}\left( Y\right) \). Then\n\n\[ \alpha \times \beta = {\pi }_{1}{}^{ * }\left( \alpha \right) \cup {\pi }_{2}{}^{ * }\left( \beta \right) = \left( {\alpha \times {1}^{Y}}\right) \cup \left( {{1}^{X} \times \beta }\right) . \]
Proof. We prove the first of these. The last equality is just Lemma 5.5.23. To prove the first, let \( \bigtriangleup : X \times Y \rightarrow \left( {X \times Y}\right) \times \left( {X \times Y}\right) \) be the diagonal. Then, by definition,\n\n\[ {\pi }_{1}{}^{ * }\left( \alpha \right) \cup {\pi }_{2}{}^{ * }\left(...
Yes
Theorem 5.6.14. (1) Let \( \alpha \in {H}^{j}\left( X\right) ,\beta \in {H}^{k}\left( X\right) ,\gamma \in {H}^{l}\left( Y\right) \), and \( \delta \in {H}^{m}\left( Y\right) \). Then, if \( n = j + k + l + m \), \[ \left( {\alpha \cup \beta }\right) \times \left( {\gamma \cap \delta }\right) = {\left( -1\right) }^{kl}...
This follows from the previous properties we have obtained with enough careful attention to detail (including signs).
No
Theorem 5.6.17. Let \( X \) be a space and let \( C \) and \( D \) be subspaces of \( X \) . Assume that \( \{ X \times C, D \times X\} \) and \( \{ C, D\} \) are both excisive couples. Then there is a cup product\n\n\[ \cup : {H}^{j}\left( {X, C}\right) \otimes {H}^{k}\left( {X, D}\right) \rightarrow {H}^{j + k}\left(...
Proof. The condition that \( \{ X \times C, D \times X\} \) be excisive is necessary in order to apply the Eilenberg-Zilber theorem, and the condition that \( \{ C, D\} \) be excisive is necessary to obtain the analog of Lemma 5.6.12. Otherwise, the constructions are entirely analogous (though more complicated).
No
Corollary 5.6.18. Let \( \left( {X, A}\right) \) be a pair. In part (1), assume that \( \{ X \times A, A \times X\} \) is an excisive couple.\n\n(1) There is a cup product\n\n\[ \cup : {H}^{j}\left( {X, A}\right) \otimes {H}^{k}\left( {X, A}\right) \rightarrow {H}^{j + k}\left( {X, A}\right) \]\n\nand a cap product\n\n...
Proof. (1) This is the special case \( C = D = A \) of Theorem 5.6.17.
No
We take \( \mathbb{Z} \) coefficients. Let \( p, q \geq 1 \) . Then \( {H}^{p}\left( {S}^{p}\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \) and we choose a generator \( \alpha \) . Also, \( {H}^{q}\left( {S}^{q}\right) \cong \mathbb{Z} \) and we choose a generator \( \beta \) . Now consider \( {H}^{ * }\left( {{S}^{p} \times {S}^{q}}\righ...
But by Lemma 5.6.12 this gives\n\n\[ \n\widetilde{\gamma } = \widetilde{\alpha } \cup \widetilde{\beta }\n\]
Yes
Example 5.7.2. Again we take \( \\mathbb{Z} \) coefficients. Let \( p, q \\geq 1 \) . Let \( Y = {S}^{p} \\vee {S}^{q} \\vee {S}^{p + q} \) , i.e., the union of \( {S}^{p},{S}^{q} \), and \( {S}^{p + q} \) with all three spaces identified at one point.
Let \( Z = {S}^{p} \\vee {S}^{q} \\subset Y \) and note that we have a retraction \( f : Y \\rightarrow Z \) given by collapsing \( {S}^{p + q} \) to the identification point. Then \( {f}^{ * } : {H}^{n}\\left( Z\\right) \\rightarrow {H}^{n}\\left( Y\\right) \) is an isomorphism for \( n = p, q \) . Let \( \\alpha \) b...
Yes
Theorem 5.7.3. Let \( X = {S}^{p} \times {S}^{q} \) and \( Y = {S}^{p} \vee {S}^{q} \vee {S}^{p + q} \) . If \( p \) and \( q \) are not both 0, then \( X \) and \( Y \) are not homotopy equivalent.
Proof. If \( p = 0 \) or \( q = 0 \) this is trivial.\n\nSuppose \( p, q \geq 1 \) . Then by Examples 5.7.1 and 5.7.2 \( X \) and \( Y \) have nonisomorphic cohomology rings, so by Corollary 5.6.16 they are not homotopy equivalent.
Yes
Corollary 5.7.5. Let \( n > m \geq 1 \) . If \( f : \mathbb{R}{P}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}{P}^{m} \) is any map, then \( {f}_{ * } : {H}_{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{n}}\right) \rightarrow {H}_{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{m}}\right) \) is the zero map.
Proof. If \( m = 1 \), then \( {H}_{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{n}}\right) = {\mathbb{Z}}_{2} \) and \( {H}_{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{m}}\right) = \mathbb{Z} \) and the only map from \( {\mathbb{Z}}_{2} \) to \( \mathbb{Z} \) is the zero map. Suppose \( m > 1 \) . Then \( {H}_{1}\left( {\mathbb{R}{P}^{n}}\right) = {\mathb...
Yes
Theorem 6.1.8. If \( M \) is an \( n \) -manifold with nonempty boundary then \( \operatorname{int}\left( M\right) \) is an \( n \) -manifold and \( \partial M \) is an \( \left( {n - 1}\right) \) -manifold.
Proof. The first statement is clear. As for the second, if \( x \in \partial M \) and \( {\varphi }_{x} : {\mathbb{R}}_{ + }^{n} \rightarrow U \) is a homeomorphism with \( x \in {\varphi }_{x}\left( {\partial {\mathbb{R}}_{ + }^{n}}\right) \), then \( {\varphi }_{x} \mid \partial {\mathbb{R}}_{ + }^{n} \) is a homeomo...
Yes
Lemma 6.2.1. Let \( M \) be an n-manifold and let \( x \in M \) be arbitrary. Then \( {H}_{n}\left( {M, M - x;G}\right) \) is isomorphic to \( G \) .
Proof. Let \( \left( {{U}_{\alpha },{\varphi }_{\alpha }}\right) \) be a coordinate patch with \( x \in {\varphi }_{\alpha } \) . Let \( p = {\varphi }_{\alpha }^{-1}\left( x\right), p \in {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) . Then we have maps\n\n\[ \left( {{\mathbb{R}}^{n},{\mathbb{R}}^{n}-\{ p\} }\right) \rightarrow \left( {{U}_{\a...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.6. Every manifold is \( \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \) -orientable.
Proof. Following the diagram in Definition 6.1.3 all the way around from \( G \) to \( G \) gives an isomorphism from \( G \) to \( G \), and \( {\bar{\varphi }}_{x} \) and \( {\bar{\varphi }}_{y} \) are compatible if and only if this isomorphism is the identity. But the only isomorphism \( \bar{\varphi } : \mathbb{Z}/...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.7. (1) Let \( M \) be the union of components \( M = {M}_{1} \cup {M}_{2} \cup \cdots \) . Then \( M \) is \( \mathbb{Z} \) -orientable if and only if each \( {M}_{i} \) is \( \mathbb{Z} \) -orientable.
Proof. The important thing to note is that if \( {\bar{\varphi }}_{x} : \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow {H}_{n}\left( {M, M - x;\mathbb{Z}}\right) \) is a local \( \mathbb{Z} \) -orientation, there is exactly one other local \( \mathbb{Z} \) -orientation at \( x \), namely \( - {\bar{\varphi }}_{x} \), where \( - {\bar{\varphi ...
No
Theorem 6.2.10. Let \( M \) be a connected \( n \) -manifold. Then a system of local orientations \( \left\{ {\bar{\varphi }}_{x}\right\} \) is an orientation of \( M \) if and only if for every \( x, y \in M \) and every path \( f : I \rightarrow M \) with \( f\left( 0\right) = x \) and \( f\left( 1\right) = y,{\bar{\...
Proof. If \( M \) is orientable, let \( \left\{ {\bar{\varphi }}_{x}\right\} \) be an orientation, i.e., a compatible system of local orientations. Then for any path \( f,{f}_{y}\left( {\bar{\varphi }}_{x}\right) = {\bar{\varphi }}_{y} \) is independent of the choice of \( f \) .\n\nConversely, if \( {f}_{y}\left( {\ba...
Yes
Lemma 6.2.11. (1) Let \( x \) and \( y \) be two points in \( M \) that are both contained in some coordinate patch \( {U}_{\alpha } \) . Then for any two paths \( f \) and \( g \) from \( x \) to \( y \) with \( f\left( I\right) \subset {U}_{\alpha } \) and \( g\left( I\right) \subset {U}_{\alpha },{f}_{y}\left( {\bar...
Proof. (1) Since \( I \) is compact, \( f\left( I\right) \) is a compact subset of \( {U}_{\alpha } \), and hence \( {\varphi }_{\alpha }^{-1}\left( {f\left( I\right) }\right) \) is a compact subset of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \), as is \( {\varphi }_{\alpha }^{-1}\left( {g\left( I\right) }\right) \) . But then we may choos...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.13. Let \( M \) be a connected \( n \) -manifold. If \( M \) is simply connected, then \( M \) is orientable.
Proof. By Theorem 6.2.10, we must show that \( \left\{ {{f}_{y}\left( {\bar{\varphi }}_{x}\right) }\right\} \) is independent of the choice of \( f \) . By Lemma 6.2.12(2), that will be the case if \( {h}_{x}\left( {\bar{\varphi }}_{x}\right) = {\bar{\varphi }}_{x} \) for any loop \( {h}_{x} \) based at \( x \) . But b...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.15. A connected manifold \( M \) is orientable if and only if its orientation character \( w\left( f\right) = 0 \) for every loop \( f \) in \( M \).
Proof. In light of Lemma 6.2.12, this is just a restatement of Theorem 6.2.10.
No
Lemma 6.2.16. Let \( M \) be a connected manifold. The orientation character gives a homomorphism \[ w : {\pi }_{1}\left( {M, x}\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \] defined by \( w\left( \alpha \right) = w\left( f\right) \) where \( f \) is a loop in \( M \) representing \( \alpha \in {\pi }_{1}\left( {M, x}\r...
Proof. By Lemma 6.2.12(2), \( w \) depends only on the homotopy class of \( f \), and by Lemma 6.2.12(1), \( w \) is a homomorphism.
Yes
Corollary 6.2.17. Let \( M \) be a connected nonorientable manifold. Then \( M \) has a unique 2-fold cover \( N \) that is orientable.
Proof. \( N \) is the cover of \( M \) corresponding to the subgroup \( \operatorname{Ker}\left( w\right) \subset {\pi }_{1}\left( {M, x}\right) \) of index 2 as in Theorem 2.2.19.
No
Lemma 6.2.18. Let \( M \) be a manifold. The orientation character gives a homomorphism\n\n\[ w : {H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}}\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \]
Proof. The map \( w : {\pi }_{1}\left( {M, x}\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \) is a map to an abelian group, so factors through the abelianization of \( {\pi }_{1}\left( {M, x}\right) \) . In case \( M \) is connected that is just \( {H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}}\right) \) by Theorem 5.2.4. In the general ca...
Yes
Theorem 6.2.19. Let \( M \) be a manifold. The orientation character gives a homomorphism \[ w : {H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}}\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \]
Proof. The map \( w : {H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}}\right) \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \) factors through \( {H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}}\right) /2{H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}}\right) \) (i.e. \( w\left( {2\alpha }\right) = {2w}\left( \alpha \right) = 0 \) for any \( \alpha \in {H}_{1}\left( {M;\mathbb{Z}}\right) ...
No