Paper 3, Section II, G

Algebraic Topology | Part II, 2009

(i) Suppose that (C,d)(C, d) and (C′,d′)\left(C^{\prime}, d^{\prime}\right) are chain complexes, and f,g:C→C′f, g: C \rightarrow C^{\prime} are chain maps. Define what it means for ff and gg to be chain homotopic.

Show that if ff and gg are chain homotopic, and f∗,g∗:H∗(C)→H∗(C′)f_{*}, g_{*}: H_{*}(C) \rightarrow H_{*}\left(C^{\prime}\right) are the induced maps, then f∗=g∗f_{*}=g_{*}.

(ii) Define the Euler characteristic of a finite chain complex.

Given that one of the sequences below is exact and the others are not, which is the exact one?

0→Z11→Z24→Z20→Z13→Z20→Z25→Z11→00→Z11→Z24→Z20→Z13→Z20→Z24→Z11→00→Z11→Z24→Z19→Z13→Z20→Z23→Z11→0\begin{aligned} &0 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{11} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{24} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{20} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{13} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{20} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{25} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{11} \rightarrow 0 \\ &0 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{11} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{24} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{20} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{13} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{20} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{24} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{11} \rightarrow 0 \\ &0 \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{11} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{24} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{19} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{13} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{20} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{23} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^{11} \rightarrow 0 \end{aligned}

Justify your choice.

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