Homologie singulièreEn topologie algébrique, l'homologie singulière est une construction qui permet d'associer à un espace topologique X une suite homologique de groupes abéliens libres ou de modules. Cette association est un invariant topologique non complet, c'est-à-dire que si deux espaces sont homéomorphes alors ils ont mêmes groupes d'homologie singulière en chaque degré mais que la réciproque est fausse. Le théorème de Stokes appliqué à des formes fermées donne des intégrales nulles. Cependant, il se fonde sur une hypothèse cruciale de compacité.
Théorie de l'obstructionEn mathématiques, la théorie de l'obstruction est le nom donné en fait à plusieurs théories topologiques distinctes dont le but est de déterminer des invariants cohomologiques. Le sens le plus ancien donné à l'expression « théorie de l'obstruction » est, en topologie algébrique, et plus précisément en théorie de l'homotopie, celui d'une procédure, définie par récurrence sur la dimension, permettant de prolonger une application continue définie sur un complexe simplicial, ou sur un CW-complexe.
Poincaré complexIn mathematics, and especially topology, a Poincaré complex (named after the mathematician Henri Poincaré) is an abstraction of the singular chain complex of a closed, orientable manifold. The singular homology and cohomology groups of a closed, orientable manifold are related by Poincaré duality. Poincaré duality is an isomorphism between homology and cohomology groups. A chain complex is called a Poincaré complex if its homology groups and cohomology groups have the abstract properties of Poincaré duality.
Fundamental classIn mathematics, the fundamental class is a homology class [M] associated to a connected orientable compact manifold of dimension n, which corresponds to the generator of the homology group . The fundamental class can be thought of as the orientation of the top-dimensional simplices of a suitable triangulation of the manifold. When M is a connected orientable closed manifold of dimension n, the top homology group is infinite cyclic: , and an orientation is a choice of generator, a choice of isomorphism .
L-théorie algébriqueEn mathématiques, la « L-théorie algébrique » est l'équivalent de la K -théorie pour des formes quadratiques. Le terme a été inventé par C. T. C. Wall, qui a utilisé L car c'était la lettre après le K . La théorie L algébrique, également connue sous le nom de « théorie K hermitienne », est importante dans la théorie de la chirurgie. On peut définir des L -groupes pour tout anneau d'involution R : les L -groupes quadratiques (Wall) et les L -groupes symétriques (Mishchenko, Ranicki).
Intersection homologyIn topology, a branch of mathematics, intersection homology is an analogue of singular homology especially well-suited for the study of singular spaces, discovered by Mark Goresky and Robert MacPherson in the fall of 1974 and developed by them over the next few years. Intersection cohomology was used to prove the Kazhdan–Lusztig conjectures and the Riemann–Hilbert correspondence. It is closely related to L2 cohomology.
Verdier dualityIn mathematics, Verdier duality is a cohomological duality in algebraic topology that generalizes Poincaré duality for manifolds. Verdier duality was introduced in 1965 by as an analog for locally compact topological spaces of Alexander Grothendieck's theory of Poincaré duality in étale cohomology for schemes in algebraic geometry. It is thus (together with the said étale theory and for example Grothendieck's coherent duality) one instance of Grothendieck's six operations formalism.
CohomologyIn mathematics, specifically in homology theory and algebraic topology, cohomology is a general term for a sequence of abelian groups, usually one associated with a topological space, often defined from a cochain complex. Cohomology can be viewed as a method of assigning richer algebraic invariants to a space than homology. Some versions of cohomology arise by dualizing the construction of homology. In other words, cochains are functions on the group of chains in homology theory.
Normal invariantIn mathematics, a normal map is a concept in geometric topology due to William Browder which is of fundamental importance in surgery theory. Given a Poincaré complex X (more geometrically a Poincaré space), a normal map on X endows the space, roughly speaking, with some of the homotopy-theoretic global structure of a closed manifold. In particular, X has a good candidate for a stable normal bundle and a Thom collapse map, which is equivalent to there being a map from a manifold M to X matching the fundamental classes and preserving normal bundle information.
Massey productIn algebraic topology, the Massey product is a cohomology operation of higher order introduced in , which generalizes the cup product. The Massey product was created by William S. Massey, an American algebraic topologist. Let be elements of the cohomology algebra of a differential graded algebra . If , the Massey product is a subset of , where . The Massey product is defined algebraically, by lifting the elements to equivalence classes of elements of , taking the Massey products of these, and then pushing down to cohomology.
