nonzero homological degree and surjectivity on the disk
1. Proposition
Let be a continuous map on the disk, such that
and the degree of the restriction is nonzero
Then is surjective
2. Proof
Suppose is not surjective, then there exists a point such that . Then define a map
it follows, that
and therefore has nonzeroo degree.
Furthermore, it factorizes as
applying the singular homology functor gives
which is a contradiction, as , but it doesnt factor