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It took about 30 years to construct a theory of homology applicable to curvilinear “polyhedra,” embodying all the ideas of Poincaré and entirely rigorous. In a period in which the number of professional mathematicians was definitely on the increase, it is surprising that this new field of research at first attracted so few people.
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Dieudonné, J. (2009). The Build-Up of “Classical” Homology. In: A History of Algebraic and Differential Topology, 1900 - 1960. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4907-4_3
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