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In this chapter, we prove the invariance of the homology groups for surfaces and also for simplicial complexes of arbitrary dimension. A full proof is beyond the scope of this text. Those who are willing to take this invariance on trust may omit this chapter.
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Kinsey, L.C. (1993). Invariance of homology. In: Topology of Surfaces. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0899-0_8
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