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Singular decompositions of a cap product

Algebraic Topology 2017-05-22 v2

Abstract

In the case of a compact orientable pseudomanifold, a well-known theorem of M. Goresky and R. MacPherson says that the cap product with a fundamental class factorizes through the intersection homology groups. In this work, we show that this classical cap product is compatible with a cap product in intersection (co)-homology, that we have previously introduced. If the pseudomanifold is also normal, for any commutative ring of coefficients, the existence of a classical Poincar\'e duality isomorphism is equivalent to the existence of an isomorphism between the intersection homology groups corresponding to the zero and the top perversities.

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@article{arxiv.1606.04233,
  title  = {Singular decompositions of a cap product},
  author = {David Chataur and Martintxo Saralegi-Aranguren and Daniel Tanré},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.04233},
  year   = {2017}
}