Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Notations and Conventions
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stratified Spaces
- 3 Intersection Homology
- 4 Basic Properties of Singular and PL Intersection Homology
- 5 Mayer–Vietoris Arguments and Further Properties of Intersection Homology
- 6 Non-GM Intersection Homology
- 7 Intersection Cohomology and Products
- 8 Poincaré Duality
- 9 Witt Spaces and IP Spaces
- 10 Suggestions for Further Reading
- Appendix A Algebra
- Appendix B An Introduction to Simplicial and PL Topology
- References
- Glossary of Symbols
- Index
Appendix B - An Introduction to Simplicial and PL Topology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Notations and Conventions
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stratified Spaces
- 3 Intersection Homology
- 4 Basic Properties of Singular and PL Intersection Homology
- 5 Mayer–Vietoris Arguments and Further Properties of Intersection Homology
- 6 Non-GM Intersection Homology
- 7 Intersection Cohomology and Products
- 8 Poincaré Duality
- 9 Witt Spaces and IP Spaces
- 10 Suggestions for Further Reading
- Appendix A Algebra
- Appendix B An Introduction to Simplicial and PL Topology
- References
- Glossary of Symbols
- Index
Summary
In this appendix we provide background about simplicial and PL (piecewise linear) topology. We discuss simplicial complexes and Euclidean polyhedra; PL spaces and maps; PL subspaces; and cones, joins, and products of PL spaces. We also consider in detail the Eilenberg–Zilber shuffle triangulation of products of simplicial complexes, leading to the simplicial cross product.
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- Singular Intersection Homology , pp. 739 - 768Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020