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Homotopy Theory

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 1997)

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The Eckmann–Hilton dual of the Postnikov decomposition of a space is the homology decomposition (or Moore space decomposition) ([Zab76, page 44], [Hil65, BJCJ59,Moo]) of a space. Let us give a brief review of this decomposition, based on dualizing the Postnikov decomposition.

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  • Exact Sequence
  • Homotopy Class
  • Homotopy Group
  • Homotopy Theory
  • Perverse Sheaf

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Banagl, M. (2010). Homotopy Theory. In: Intersection Spaces, Spatial Homology Truncation, and String Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 1997. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12589-8_1

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