reduced singular homology and wedge product

1. Proposition

Let 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_43c47b15060e8581e6b34eb5a33b5500eb63d41c.svg be based spaces, which admit a pointed contractible neighbourhood 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_588eb03bb2c60cc372c585ac9c4ac40a16cb5a1f.svg of 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_b84ffd12c860c4195736a7cf5319bd2dfeb3e416.svg, and 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_0e7e5160d4d2b771a20687d08b09fcaf0b591c5e.svg the reduced singular homology, then it holds for the wedge product

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2. Proof

By definition it holds, that

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Then for each 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_4b65189679eaf678e24e75492af582c55d269155.svg, let 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_5ed08c801d51a6693e4d72d02dbb4b79e2bb2a96.svg be the wedge product. It is open by definition of the quotient topology and furthermore by wedge product of pointed contractible spaces as contractible space the chain map 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_977ff88aced014de7c776fd6712e2e4e96ff5a3e.svg is a quasi-isomorphism (cf. singular homology as homotopy invariant functor)

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Then applying the homology functor results in a commutative diagram

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(trust me ?, as simplices in 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_a3c0b03c2ce7cbcfb0cfb28fd7aa2451d9eadf5f.svg are sent to 0) Here 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_b4bdcd29694334c54414e5d22d3d93a392cc3dcc.svg is an isomorphism, as the constant map is part of a homotopy equivalence.

Hence it follows, that their cokernels are naturally isomorphic (cf. colim functor, isomorphisms under functors)

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Therefore we get

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using excision theorem for 20240218-reduced_singular_homology_and_wedge_product_bd88a087fb9d1ad4abfa7d6034b2bb290a4f0a72.svg gives

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and the homeomorphism

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(cf. subspace of wedge product without point as coproduct) gives

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applying singular homology preserves coproducts gives

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again by excision, we get

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and again by similar reasoning for the cokernel

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TODO

Date: nil

Author: Anton Zakrewski

Created: 2024-10-14 Mo 09:05