Singular homology as a homology pretheory #
This file packages relative singular homology with coefficients in an object R of an abelian
category as a TopPair.HomologyPretheory indexed by ComplexShape.down ℕ: the relative homology
functors are TopPair.singularHomologyFunctor R n, the absolute ones are Mathlib's singular
homology functors, the two are compared on pairs (X, ∅) by TopPair.singularHomologyInclIso,
and the boundary morphisms are the connecting morphisms Hₙ(X, A) ⟶ Hₘ(A) (for m + 1 = n) of
the long exact sequence of a pair, which are natural in the pair.
The pretheory satisfies the homotopy axiom HomologyPretheory.IsHomotopyInvariant, because
homotopic maps of pairs induce chain-homotopic maps of relative singular chains; the exactness
axiom HomologyPretheory.HasPairSequence, by the long exact sequence of a pair; and the dimension
axiom HomologyPretheory.HasDimensionAxiom, because the singular homology of a point vanishes in
positive degrees. When coproducts are exact in the coefficient category (axiom AB4, as for
modules over a ring), it also satisfies the additivity axiom HomologyPretheory.IsAdditive,
because singular homology of a disjoint union is the coproduct of the singular homologies of the
summands.
The source is Eilenberg--Steenrod, Foundations of Algebraic Topology, Chapters I--III.
The connecting morphism Hₙ(X, A) ⟶ Hₘ(A) of the long exact sequence of a topological pair,
for m + 1 = n, as a natural transformation from relative singular homology to the singular
homology of the subspace.
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Relative singular homology with coefficients in R as a homology pretheory: relative singular
homology of pairs, singular homology of spaces, their comparison on pairs (X, ∅), and the
connecting morphisms Hₙ(X, A) ⟶ Hₘ(A) for m + 1 = n.
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The map from the singular homology of the ambient space of a pair to the relative singular homology of the pair is the map induced by the quotient from ambient to relative chains.
Singular homology satisfies the homotopy axiom: homotopic maps of topological pairs induce the same map on relative singular homology.
Singular homology satisfies the additivity axiom when coproducts are exact in the coefficient category: the singular homology of a disjoint union is the coproduct of the singular homologies of the summands.
Singular homology satisfies the exactness axiom: the long exact sequence of every topological pair.
Singular homology satisfies the dimension axiom: the singular homology of a point vanishes in positive degrees.