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TauCeti.AlgebraicTopology.Homotopy.Hurewicz.One.Naturality

Naturality of the Hurewicz map in degree one #

The Hurewicz map π₁(X, x) → H₁(X; ℤ) of TauCeti.AlgebraicTopology.Homotopy.Hurewicz.One.Basic is natural in continuous maps, with respect to the map induced on the first homology group of the singular chain complex, and it does not depend on the base point: changing the base point along a path, which conjugates loops by the path, does not change their homology classes.

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The map induced on the first homology group of the singular chain complex sends the class of a 1-cycle to the class of its image.

Naturality of the Hurewicz map: for a continuous map f, the map induced on the first homology group of the singular chain complex corresponds to the map induced on fundamental groups.

Naturality of the Hurewicz isomorphism of path-connected spaces, for a continuous map carrying the base point x to a prescribed base point y of the target.

Independence of the base point: the Hurewicz map is invariant under the change of base point along a path.

Changing the base point along a path does not change the singular homology class supplied by the degree-one Hurewicz isomorphism.

The map induced on first singular homology by a continuous map sends the class of a loop to the class of its image.