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Some counterexamples in surface homology

Geometric Topology 2024-09-23 v3 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We present four counterexamples in surface homology. The first example shows that even if the loops inducing a homology basis intersect each other at most once, they still may separate the surface into two parts. The other three examples show some difficulties in working with minimal homology bases.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2304.13256,
  title  = {Some counterexamples in surface homology},
  author = {Peter Buser and Eran Makover and Bjoern Muetzel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.13256},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

15 pages, 9 figures, extended version, Manuscripta Mathematica

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