Definition:Homology Group/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Homology Group
The concept of a homology group was introduced by Jules Henri Poincaré in $1895$, as a way to give an idea of the number of "holes" in a topological space.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): homology group
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): homology group