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Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms

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Some facts about homology groups can be derived directly from the axioms, such as the fact that homotopically equivalent spaces have isomorphic homology groups.
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satisfying the Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms. The axiomatic approach, which was developed in 1945, allows one to prove results, such as the
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A "homology-like" theory satisfying all of the Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms except the dimension axiom is called an
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If one omits the dimension axiom (described below), then the remaining axioms define what is called an
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have in common. The quintessential example of a homology theory satisfying the axioms is
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Properties that homology theories of topological spaces have in common
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homology theories, and come with homology theories dual to them.
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The Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms apply to a sequence of functors
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The homology of some relatively simple spaces, such as
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Index

mathematics
algebraic topology
homology theories
topological spaces
singular homology
Samuel Eilenberg
Norman Steenrod
sequence
functors
Mayer–Vietoris sequence
extraordinary homology theory
K-theory
cobordism
category
pairs
groups
natural transformation
homotopic
homomorphisms
Excision
isomorphism
long exact sequence
n-spheres
retract
Brouwer fixed point theorem
extraordinary homology theory
extraordinary cohomology theory
topological K-theory
cobordism theory
Zig-zag lemma

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