This document is the homework assignment for Math 601 Spring 2015. It is due on February 26th at 1pm and should be submitted to Chris Hays' mailbox. The homework contains 6 questions about computing homology groups and relating homology of spaces. An extra credit part asks for examples where the homology of a space with a subspace is different from the homology of the quotient space.
This document is the homework assignment for Math 601 Spring 2015. It is due on February 26th at 1pm and should be submitted to Chris Hays' mailbox. The homework contains 6 questions about computing homology groups and relating homology of spaces. An extra credit part asks for examples where the homology of a space with a subspace is different from the homology of the quotient space.
This document is the homework assignment for Math 601 Spring 2015. It is due on February 26th at 1pm and should be submitted to Chris Hays' mailbox. The homework contains 6 questions about computing homology groups and relating homology of spaces. An extra credit part asks for examples where the homology of a space with a subspace is different from the homology of the quotient space.
Due Thursday February 26 at 1pm in Chris Hays mailbox
(1) Let X be path connected and A ⊂ X.
(a) What is H0 (X, A). (b) Assuming that A is path connected as well, discuss the relationship between H1 (X, A) and π1 (X) and π1 (A). (2) Show that the inclusion A → X induces an isomorphism in homology iff H∗ (X, A) = 0. (3) Let X be a topological manifold which is path connected. Relate, as much as you can, the homology of X − p for p ∈ X with the homology of X. What can you say about H∗ (X, X − p)? (4) Let A ⊂ X and B ⊂ Y and f : (X, A) → (Y, B) be a continuous map of pairs such that f : X → Y and the restriction f : A → B are homotopy equivalences. Show that f∗ : H∗ (X, A) → H∗ (Y, B)) is an isomorphism. Is it necessarily true that f is a homotopy equivalence of pairs? If not, give a counter example. (5) Compute the homology of RPn using the Mayer-Vietoris sequence. (6) (Extra Credit) Find an example where H∗ (X, A) is different from H∗ (X/A). (7) (Extra Credit) Give an example of a space X which is not contractible, but with H̃∗ (X) = 0.