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Lecture

Cellular Decomposition Examples

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MATH-225: Topology II - fundamental groups

On étudie des notions de topologie générale: unions et quotients d'espaces topologiques; on approfondit les notions de revêtements et de groupe fondamental,et d'attachements de cellules et on démontre le Théorème de Seifert-van Kampen. Des exemples de surf ...

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This lecture presents examples of cell decomposition, discussing points at which cell decomposition occurs, like a cell in a plan projective. It covers various instances of cell decomposition and their applications in different models, such as the circle addressing other cellular models. The lecture also delves into the compatibility of cell decomposition with different models and the concept of homeomorphism. Furthermore, it explores the equator of different structures and the application of degree 2 pushouts in cellular decomposition.

Instructors (2)

Dimitri Stelio Wyss

Jérôme Scherer

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Homeomorphism

In the mathematical field of topology, a homeomorphism (, named by Henri Poincaré), also called topological isomorphism, or bicontinuous function, is a bijective and continuous function between topological spaces that has a continuous inverse function. Homeomorphisms are the isomorphisms in the —that is, they are the mappings that preserve all the topological properties of a given space. Two spaces with a homeomorphism between them are called homeomorphic, and from a topological viewpoint they are the same.

Homeomorphism group

In mathematics, particularly topology, the homeomorphism group of a topological space is the group consisting of all homeomorphisms from the space to itself with function composition as the group operation. Homeomorphism groups are very important in the theory of topological spaces and in general are examples of automorphism groups. Homeomorphism groups are topological invariants in the sense that the homeomorphism groups of homeomorphic topological spaces are isomorphic as groups.

Social class

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